Only one thing can help Oscar Pistorius rebuild his life after it careened out of control on Valentine's morning, 2013, when he shot and killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp: coaching underprivileged kids.
The Daily Mail reported that Pistorius already is contemplating life after prison. Currently, the double-amputee Olympic sprinter is scheduled to be released from Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria, South Africa in August.
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He'll have served 10 months of his five-year prison sentence on the culpable homicide conviction he received from judge Thokozile Masipa for shooting Steenkamp four times through a bathroom door in his Pretoria home. South African law allows Pistorius to enter house arrest after serving one-sixth of his sentence.
According to the Daily Mail, Pistorius will seek parole terms that allow him to work with disadvantaged children when he gets out of jail. A lawyer for the Paralympic champion said Pistorius believes that doing so will help him put his life back together.
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"He is managing in jail. He's isolated but hanging in there and praying to keep up his strength, his lawyer, Rohan Kruger, said. "He is keen to become involved in assisting children in whatever opportunity comes up."
Kruger added "that ideally his client would like to guide or mentor youths, saying that Pistorius is struggling to adjust to life in jail and he still hasn't come to terms with "what has happened to him."
The plan also includes Pistorius undergoing anger management courses. That is, of course, if Pistorius' current situation holds, which is far from a guarantee.
Pistorius' prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, successfully petitioned Masipa to allow him the opportunity to go before an appeals court and retry the case to get the verdict changed to murder.
That would force Pistorius to remain in prison for at least 15 years.
Already, Kruger has said the Pistorius is "very lonely" in jail and spends most of the time reading from his bible and praying in his cell.
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