If you want to make a survivable wage after prison, you pretty much have to become a drug dealer. There are very few jobs open to someone who has been to jail.
Perhaps we should not only give prisoners the opportunity to work in prison, but pay them a real wage and offer them continued employment when they get out. It would be far easier to reintegrate if you already have a job you're familiar with and several months' rent in the bank.
In Israel, prison jobs pay minimum wage. So, businesses do not suffer from competition with slave labor as in the US, and prisoners learn the value of labor.
The federal prison system runs prisoners through a 6 month halfway-house that helps them find a job and a place to live. In fact, if you don't have these, they will hold you past your release date until you secure them.
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If you want to make a survivable wage after prison, you pretty much have to become a drug dealer. There are very few jobs open to someone who has been to jail.
Perhaps we should not only give prisoners the opportunity to work in prison, but pay them a real wage and offer them continued employment when they get out. It would be far easier to reintegrate if you already have a job you're familiar with and several months' rent in the bank.
In Israel, prison jobs pay minimum wage. So, businesses do not suffer from competition with slave labor as in the US, and prisoners learn the value of labor.
The federal prison system runs prisoners through a 6 month halfway-house that helps them find a job and a place to live. In fact, if you don't have these, they will hold you past your release date until you secure them.