FWIW, in the UK: * Prisoners can't vote; however, a court decided under the Human Rights Act that they should be allowed to, but so far the government has igno

FWIW, in the UK: * Prisoners can't vote; however, a court decided under the Human Rights Act that they should be allowed to, but so far the government has ignored this * Once released, ex-prisoners can vote as usual * Many convictions are "spent" after a certain amount of time [1], meaning that after that you don't need to disclose them when applying for a job etc (but nothing resulting in a prison sentence of four years or more, and there are some cases where you still have to disclose them) As far as i know, nobody thinks any of this is a problem. [1] https://unlock.org.uk/advice/spentposter/ https://unlock.org.uk/advice/spentposter/