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#Prisonworld View – Characteristics of Successful Ex-Felons: A Microanalysis

By This Country Needs An Enema

Prisonworld – Although there are lots of people out there with all of these letters behind their names that feel that they have all the answers to resolving mass incarceration and what it takes for inmates to become successful citizens, not much has happened. Change is slow. and some of the very things that needs to be offered, like education, housing and jobs, is not accessible for ex-felons. Just wanted to preface this article because while people sit and spew statistics and rhetoric, there are some simple solutions that are often times overlooked. We stay on the grass roots level, doing the ground work. Maybe one day it will roll up hill.
#Prisonworld View – Characteristics of Successful Ex-Felons: A Microanalysis

Via Corrections.com

The stigma associated with being an ex-felon in America is unlike anything a person can comprehend unless they walk in the shoes of ex-felons. People get ill everyday but they somehow recover and are able to seek opportunity and they are made whole. Ex-felons on the other hand suffer for a lifetime for decisions that they made in the spur of the moment. Some people understand the dynamics associated with persons who struggle daily to regain their respect and dignity in their communities because they were previously convicted of a felony. Then there are those who believe that once a person has been convicted of a felony they should be treated as felons and denied opportunities for the rest of their lives. We have programs in every state that offers assistance to ex-felons being released from prison, yet, every time ex-felons complete applications for employment, they are constantly reminded that some things never change.

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#Prisonworld View – Blowing the Whistle on the NYPD

By This Country Needs An Enema

NYPD whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft settles suit for $600G

The controversial cop who said he was thrown in a psych ward for blowing the whistle on a quota system in the NYPD settled his case Tuesday for $600,000.

Adrian Schoolcraft had sued the city for a whopping $50 million in 2010 for his alleged unlawful detention at Jamaica Hospital.

He said his brothers in blue waged a campaign of harassment against him after he blew the whistle on cops using arrest quotas and fudging crime stats at the 81st Precinct covering Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Schoolcraft’s claims against the hospital and two doctors still stand

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The Prisonworld Radio Hour Welcomes Political Hostage Sarah Shourd for Women in Prison Series Show #2

By Prisonworld Radio Hour

There is nothing more frustrating than to be incarcerated for something you did not do. What is even more frustrating is to be held against your will for a political agenda. And then to top off all levels of frustration, is to be held in solitary confinement for over a year, in a foreign country. Yes, this all happened to Sarah Shourd and not only did she write a book about it, Sliver of Light, but she also stopped by to talk it out with co-hosts Jenny and Rufus Triplett as to the human emotion she suffered on both sides of the border.

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Inmates Are Not the Only Ones With Addictions – Take the Quiz

By This Country Needs An Enema

Inmates Are Not the Only Ones With Addictions – Take the Quiz

The Four Addictions

We’ve discovered four addictions we all have that destroy more dreams, more hopes and more lives than alcohol, drugs, food, gambling or sex combined. When we refer to addictions, we are not focused on any of these. To us, those are habitual symptoms or effects brought on by four much larger causes that are the root cause of those symptoms.

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What’s the 411? Beware of Parole Scams

By This Country Needs An Enema

There is almost nothing worse you can do besides for scamming inmate’s families who are desperately seeking legitimate help. Daryl Baptiste, a former inmate, has done just that. After release from a Georgia State Prison in December of 2010, he formed a company, Parole Advocates, with designs of helping inmates receive an early parole. His entire set up was a scam. He charged unsuspecting people extravagant fees for services which the services were never completed. He has a few complaints on the BBB (Better Business Bureau) and citizen complaints which lead to this Fox 5 I-Team investigation.

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