Long Way Home (ePub)

Those inside and the post incarcerated is in need of help; •how to write a resume with little to now work experience, •how to overcome the criminal background checks, •how to keep their information off the internet •how to get a job without discussion their background •how to get a new SSN, People working on the behalf of the incarcerated need to understand the issues; • the new Jim crow •prison industries, are the drive behind recidivism •rule 35 'the snitch policy' has put far too many inside without a shred of evidence •long term isolation, mandatory lock down and the SHU is torture. •why most halfway houses are just another obstacle •the socialization process is making hard for these people to re-adjust once released What can the average person do to make a difference? From, the do's and don'ts of becoming a prison volunteer. To helping to provide peer group counseling and so much more. All from the perspective of someone who knows and been through it all. The writer has been a part of the system nearly his entire life, from an orphan, to many stents as a juvenile and to 20 years in prison. Today, as a father of three young men (ages 25, 23 and 17), he's been free in for 13 years. Despite the tag of ex-felon, he's had jobs •Unarmed Security •Work at BNA (the airport) •Contract employee for CSX (the rail road) •Civil Servant (state employee) In November 2014, he established Sankofa Charities Incorporated, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, to provide transportation for the post-incarcerated, to and from work. The ultimate aim the writer, is to work and build with anyone involved in closing the door to recidivism.