Ex-Offender Epidemic

Everything in Life goes through cycles. Birth and Death, Inhale and Exhale, 12am -12pm, January- December, Shaving and Hair comes back... The list goes on and on. People make mistakes... People display bad judgement on a daily basis and the majority of them get away with minimal consequences. However there is those select few individuals who get caught and are now deemed criminals. These individuals serve their time and come out and most of them are interested in getting on the right track. Sadly they now have a huge blemish on their record which is a huge hindrance in them being able to move forward and put their life of crime behind them. Therefore naturally they go back to whatever illegal activities they were partaking in to get them arrested in the first place because it is all they know and they have been successful at it.

Now I understand some crimes or unforgivable such as robberies and murders, but at the same time if someone is arrested for drug trafficking and in an attempt to straighten things out can not find a place of employment, the natural reaction will be to go back to trafficking. Logically it makes sense. It also will make ends meet in the meantime while the search for a new job goes over the rocky roads. Which brings me back to my opening statement about cycles and cycles and more cycles.

Im not vouching or condoning anything that they are doing as right, I just feel like the employers should be less harsh on ex-offenders as far as giving them a second chance at "normal life".

I want to take this time to compliment my boss at work Tony Hudgins for his dedication to solving this issue. Not only does he see things like I do, but he also is dedicated to fixing the issue. He Looks to hire Ex-Offenders in an attempt to clean up the streets and fix this issue. Kudos to Tony