Check out the latest article in The New York Times’ “Time and Punishment” series.
According to recent studies, “while crime may initially decline in places that lock up more people, within a few years the rate rebounds and is even higher than before.”
“The shift to tougher penal policies three decades ago was originally credited with helping people in poor neighborhoods by reducing crime. But now that America’s incarceration rate has risen to be the world’s highest, many social scientists find the social benefits to be far outweighed by the costs to those communities.”
John Tierney, “Prison and the Poverty Trap,” The New York Times. February 18, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html?hp
Infographic from Good. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1102/incarcerate/flat.html
I like what you are doing,I just came home in im in the halfway house,and its good to know that we got some people that are out there to help us, because we need it so that we can stop the going back rate.
Yes, It can be very difficult in finding and retaining what one may consider a decent job, in despite of how long you stay clear of the criminal justice system. the red flag seems to follow and haunt you. I am a certified and lisence residential superintendent had no problem in that feild finding and maintianing employment, however, after the patriot act was implamented (world trade center) I often run into employers discriminating practiceses. I change my career path obtaining a commercial C with a P endorsement and still find it rough, once again running across the same discriminating practices against ex offenders or people of African decent.
Second Chance Job Fair.
The free event will feature entrepreneurship workshops, re-entry programs, employment opportunities, financial and healthcare resources and much more.
Second Chance Job Fair
Thursday, March 28, 2013
10AM
York College
94 – 20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11451
For more information or to RSVP contact Jonathan Quash of the York College Male Initiative at (718) 262-3772 or email mychance2013@yahoo.com.