[Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

[Gabe Goldberg]

Tonight's show:

At a Connecticut maximum security prison, lifers mentor young inmates in 
a German-style unit

A rehabilitation-based program at a maximum security prison is relying 
on older, respected inmates serving life sentences to help 18 to 25 
year-old inmates prepare for life beyond prison walls

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-a-connecticut-maximum-security-prison-lifers-mentor-young-inmates-in-a-german-style-unit-60-minutes/

Makes precisely Ken's points.

On 3/31/2019 8:57 PM, Ken Hess wrote:
> Exactly Sharon. That's the dilemma. You get out and can't find a 
> decent job. What do you do? Fast food or crime?
>
> I think there needs to be actual education in the prison system 
> especially for those who have the possibility of parole/release. We 
> can either spend some money training, teaching, and educating people 
> or we can pay for them to come back and live off the state or get 
> released and commit more crimes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> Kenneth Hess
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>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:31 PM Sharon Fisher <slfisher at gmail.com 
> <mailto:slfisher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     So when someone has done their time, what are they supposed to do
>     for a living when released?
>
>     On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 12:50 PM Gabe Goldberg <gabe at gabegold.com
>     <mailto:gabe at gabegold.com>> wrote:
>
>         FWIW, I've volunteered with Fairfax County, VA Police
>         Department for 10+
>         years. I know -- and in many cases have ridden with --
>         officers from
>         patrol to chief. I chaired my police station's Citizens Advisory
>         Committee and serve on the Chief's Advisory Council. I'm on a
>         task force
>         developing policies for public safety use of drones -- it's
>         about 40
>         people, including police, fire&EMS, fire marshal, county
>         attorney, FAA,
>         Audubon Society, business organizations, citizen/civic groups,
>         and head
>         of Virginia ACLU. Output so far is a draft 35+ page manual and
>         all the
>         info is on fairfaxcounty.gov/uas <http://fairfaxcounty.gov/uas>.
>
>         There are 18,000+ law enforcement agencies in the country so it's
>         misleading to generalize about "the police"  or "law
>         enforcement".
>         Fairfax cops I know are honest/honorable/motivated to do the
>         right
>         thing. Over the years, policies have changed -- sometimes in
>         response to
>         national trends, sometimes to community involvement/pressure,
>         sometimes
>         to FCPD problems. There's pretty good transparency and
>         responsiveness.
>         Fairfax (1200+ officers) isn't Mayberry or NYC (30,000+
>         officers) --
>         there's no reason NOT to talk to police here; in fact middle/high
>         schools all have School Resource Officers whose job is to TALK
>         to kids
>         -- not arrest them.
>
>         I'm not claiming that everywhere's as fortunate as Fairfax --
>         just
>         suggesting that all-inclusive advice about police can be
>         misleading.
>
>         On 3/31/2019 11:18 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
>         > On 3/30/19 5:05 PM, Richard Santalesa wrote:
>         >> Oh come on pretty much everything is a felony these days.
>         >
>         > All too true, which is why you NEVER talk to law enforcement
>         unless you
>         > have to.
>         >
>         > And "ex-felons" implies "convictions".
>         >
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