Comments on: Paying a Debt to Society – Then What?

By: MILEY CYRUS NUDE

MILEY CYRUS NUDE — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:39:25 +0000

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By: jay

jay — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:10:08 +0000

The irony is America is such a hypocritical country we live in. The nototion of “paying your debt back to Society” is a lifelong statement. The Housing and Job discrimination and the hardships a ex-con faces when released are not even fair or even acceptable. United States is the only country in the world where they hold a Felony conviction until one is deceased.The contradiction to this is that how can ex-con become rehabilitated? I speak from first hand experience; where I was sent to prison for 3 years at the age of 18; even though It was my first time ever getting into trouble( people of new york vs Jordan castro 2001) was convicted for attempt burg 2nd degree; I was never offered probation but a jail cell. Now 8 yrs fast forward I have a B.A in Business Management but no employer wants to hire me.

By: DianeDimond

DianeDimond — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:20:51 +0000

DD Web site reader E.m. writes:

" well, they try the best they can, but it ain't easy.

it's likely that their childhood "role models", their father / grandfathers spent time in the slammer.
while they're in prison, their "role models" – the screws – just want them to shut up and stay in a straight line.
when they get out of prison, it's impossible to get a job that will support you, much less support a family. "

By: janet4716

janet4716 — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:14:51 +0000

WOW…..Michael Vick working with the Humane Society as rehabilitation? Isn't that like allowing a child molester to work with children? Yeah…it is pretty screwed up. I live in a …I guess ..special kind of world. I say NO!
Kobe Bryant is a sports "hero"……..after the fact of his rape allegations. Yes he got off..(excuse the pun)…but he is still put out there to adore. Barkley says that the kids that look up to them are not theirs to raise…well no, but they do look up to them as role models.
My husband is a recovering alcoholic (17 years) when he got out of treatment I was told that I needed to learn to live with an alcoholic…I could not do certain things that would upset him and maybe lead him to drink again. My answer to that was No…he needs to learn to live in my world. He needs to learn to deal with pressures that would lead him to drink. So I guess what I am saying is that no matter how much treatment and/or counsel you get it all depends on the choices you make when its done. We as a society did not land them in jail.

By: Jeff Liddell

Jeff Liddell — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:48:33 +0000

Without going into a long diatribe about what I think is wrong with the prison system, which would take me awhile, a few ex cons have written that they put their lives back together, and I say to them great job. A little basic common sense, even if you don't learn a trade skill while incarcerated should keep basically normal human beings from becoming repeat offenders. I think those that re-offend are the more hardened persons anyway. I know some ex cons who did some white collar stuff and I knew when they went in for their short stints that they were not really bad people. I once thought about the robbery of a convenience store when I was unemployed and looking to feed my family, but I made the proper choice of not going through with it. Some of your writers talk about self help within and administered by the prison system, well some of those self help programs are available to keep you from going in before you commit a crime. That is why it is so difficult for those of us that have not committed criminal behavior to accept a lenient attitude towards those who have. Daily living exposes us all to hardships, some more than others, but none of us are exempt from the act of doing the right thing, even when it is not wrapped up in a neat little pretty package.