An Ex- Criminals View

                                                                                                                                               

Taylor White

Ms. McKoy

English 2 - Block 4

5 September 2013

An Ex- Criminals View

 

Growing up I did not have the best role model for a daddy figure. I mostly stayed with family members to stay in school and to further my education. I experienced my dad always going to jail for so he was hardly around. My dad never allowed me around my mom so I never really had a mama figure until a few years ago. I grew up with my oldest sister and my youngest sister; we never came too far apart. It was rough not being able to count on my dad being there, but for my sisters and other family members too. Jail was the main priority for him because he could never get his life straight or on track so it was hard for him to get a job and keep it.

An ex- criminal’s history may stop them from getting a job later on. What an ex- criminal did in the past should not keep them from getting a job or even a well-paying job.  In my article I have read and analyzed called, “The employment prospects of ex- offenders” it has proven that it depends on that type of crime to keep them from getting a job afterwards. If the ex- criminal is to get rearrested then they are more than likely not to obtain a job. For older ex- criminals it is way harder for them because if the period of time they may have spent in jail or the consequences they have to pay for. When a criminal goes for a job interview and they fill out there resume they have to tell some of their life experience if they ask for it. If they have a criminal record the company has to know of it. Most managers will call back to match their application, which determines if they get that job or not. They will also be judged by behavior and their well doings around others.

By the end of my research I did find that the government did offer programs to help them. Some jobs do not want to hire someone they are not able to trust, but then others are willing to give those chances. Jobs go by what their rules are and what they believe in. In the end it is said that an ex- criminal is given chances with jobs afterwards and that they can get normal jobs.