Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A legal facility known as probation has helped hundreds of minor offenders in Chattogram reform themselves and return to normal life without serving time in prison.

Since the probation office was established at the Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in 2016, a total of 1,551 offenders, most of them juveniles or young people, have received the opportunity to reform under court-supervised conditions.

According to probation office records, 992 individuals are currently under probation supervision, the highest number handled by a single probation office in the country. Another 559 have completed the required conditions and been released from their sentences, officials said.

Probation is a legal mec...