Fallout from the Elizabeth Smart Case
Posted on Mon Jul 01, 2002 at 07:30:45 AM EST
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What's troubling about the Elizabeth Smart case and the focus on the handymane, whether he turns out to be innocent or or not, is the likely negative effect it will have on hiring ex-inmates. It's already tough enough for them out there. If we want to break the cycle of recidivism, we must provide employment opportunities for them when they are released from jail. The Fortune Society is a not-for-profit community-based organization that helps ex-offenders and at-risk youth break the cycle of crime and incarceration.
They also publish a magazine called Fortune News. This months theme is Coming Out, Life After Prison. Check out When You Get Out, All You Know is What You Knew
We also like last week's excellent New York Times article by Alan Feuer that put faces and personal stories on what it's like to come out of prison in New York. For Ex-Convicts, a Bed, a View, a New Outlook .
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