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It is difficult to do quite a few things in the US once you are convicted of a felony. You are limited on grants, student loans, SBA loans and most programs in

by Ccecil 9y ago

It is difficult to do quite a few things in the US once you are convicted of a felony. You are limited on grants, student loans, SBA loans and most programs in areas like the medical field will not even accept people with criminal backgrounds at all due to the low likelihood of finding employment post training (when there is a waiting list felons will be at the bottom). So add on top of that the fact that most people won't hire a felon...where do you go. Difficult to find gainful employment, less chance of training and then you are limited in finding funding for a small business. Edit: In this world to In the US Also, housing. Having a felony can exclude you from rentals entirely. Most property management companies will not rent to felons regardless of time since last conviction.

mschuster91 9y ago
> Having a felony can exclude you from rentals entirely Thanks to European data protection laws at least this kind of discrimination is illegal over here. But the rest is valid in EU too, it might not be an express "we don't hire felons"/"we don't loan to felons", but good luck trying to "cover up" a stint in jail. A few months, maybe a year tops might be excusable as "I went to India and found myself" (and still if your employer ever finds out you doctored your CV, he's eligible to fire you at an instant, even in Germany)... but anything above a year, much less a decade in prison, and you're SOL for anything but literally mowing lawns. And of course being in jail also does nothing to help your credit, quite on the contrary - lawyer bills might send you into bankruptcy too, so you're stuck with no job, no money, no credit and next to no chance to get back on your feed without serious external help - the chances are higher if you're white and speak the language, though. There's a reason why recidivism rates are so damn high, and a massive systematic underfunding of the "after-jail-services" is a huge part of it.

by Ccecil 9y ago

mschuster91 9y ago

> Having a felony can exclude you from rentals entirely Thanks to European data protection laws at least this kind of discrimination is illegal over here. But the rest is valid in EU too, it might not be an express "we don't hire felons"/"we don't loan to felons", but good luck trying to "cover up" a stint in jail. A few months, maybe a year tops might be excusable as "I went to India and found myself" (and still if your employer ever finds out you doctored your CV, he's eligible to fire you at an instant, even in Germany)... but anything above a year, much less a decade in prison, and you're SOL for anything but literally mowing lawns. And of course being in jail also does nothing to help your credit, quite on the contrary - lawyer bills might send you into bankruptcy too, so you're stuck with no job, no money, no credit and next to no chance to get back on your feed without serious external help - the chances are higher if you're white and speak the language, though. There's a reason why recidivism rates are so damn high, and a massive systematic underfunding of the "after-jail-services" is a huge part of it.