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The two prison reforms I want to see the most: 1. Education programs that actually mean something and actually are adequately funded. 2. Retaining prison work

by kayfox 6y ago

The two prison reforms I want to see the most: 1. Education programs that actually mean something and actually are adequately funded. 2. Retaining prison work, but requiring that prisoners who are not paid minimum wage where they are be paid the difference on release. (The Federal government may need to make this a protected fund or trust to make sure its not use as a fund to raid by lower governments and administrators.)

kyooyk 6y ago
They have some education programs, they just are always not focused on skills that are valuable outside. There’s also issues, believe it or not, about people not knowing these programs are avail. What we are doing is trying to create Edu programs for in demand skills and bring in a dif local business to teach each course. This way it breaks down the stigma for these businesses about hiring justice involved individuals, trains these individuals at a skill, and helps them get hired by these businesses after. And this is not training to work in fast food chains. There’s also work release where certain members can go off location to work when they’re getting close to release. In addition there stuff like unicore https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/unicor.jsp https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/unicor.jsp Unicore pays pennies on the dollar though. But this money helps people upon release have enough maybe to get an apartment for their first month out - which most cant afford. Some cool organizations trying to help, just as examples off the top of my head in case you are interested in looking further about solutions include: -remerg https://remerg.com/ https://remerg.com/ -KOBEYO https://www.kobeyo.com/ https://www.kobeyo.com/ -Justice reskill https://justicereskill.com/ https://justicereskill.com/ But main point is really these individuals that have served their time are not adequately given the resources they need to succeed. Tons of opportunities to contribute though - as with any u underserved demographic.

by kayfox 6y ago

kyooyk 6y ago

They have some education programs, they just are always not focused on skills that are valuable outside. There’s also issues, believe it or not, about people not knowing these programs are avail. What we are doing is trying to create Edu programs for in demand skills and bring in a dif local business to teach each course. This way it breaks down the stigma for these businesses about hiring justice involved individuals, trains these individuals at a skill, and helps them get hired by these businesses after. And this is not training to work in fast food chains. There’s also work release where certain members can go off location to work when they’re getting close to release. In addition there stuff like unicore https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/unicor.jsp https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/unicor.jsp Unicore pays pennies on the dollar though. But this money helps people upon release have enough maybe to get an apartment for their first month out - which most cant afford. Some cool organizations trying to help, just as examples off the top of my head in case you are interested in looking further about solutions include: -remerg https://remerg.com/ https://remerg.com/ -KOBEYO https://www.kobeyo.com/ https://www.kobeyo.com/ -Justice reskill https://justicereskill.com/ https://justicereskill.com/ But main point is really these individuals that have served their time are not adequately given the resources they need to succeed. Tons of opportunities to contribute though - as with any u underserved demographic.