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Gretta – I relate to your comments, and I empathize with your perception of how society treats ex-felons. As to your question, “What then?” – the short answer is, you get back up, brush off the dust and charge back after your goal or objective. The long answer is a little more involved. After I was...

Whether I agree that the system is wrong is immaterial. When faced with the comparative challenges of either changing myself, or changing how society might perceive my past, I elected to take the path of least resistance. Albeit change is a painful process, it held a much greater likelihood of producing...

Brian went to visit his friend, Courtney. As they were talking and enjoying the fresh lemonade that Courtney made, Brian noticed her dog Penelope, lying in a corner, quietly whimpering, making slight adjustments to her position and letting out an occasional painful sounding yelp. “What’s wrong...

Here in the state of New Jersey, formas can be aobtained on the internet at the at the Judicial website. I refer my students to the local legal aid office. They have eager young attorneys that want experience. There is a lot of advice for ex-offenders at my blog: http://helpforexoffenders.wordpress...

Does any one know if there are any Grants to help ex offenders start their own business?

Good Afternoon! Does anyone have any information on a solid tracking system for ex-offenders that is already in place? We are looking for a database, computer program or company etc. that could provide us with the tools that we need to determine their employment, whether the education/career and vocational...

NIC will be publishing a Program Focus document on Career Resource Centers within the next year. So far, I believe we are going to take a look at programs in Montgomery County, MD (jail), New Mexico, and Vermont (prisons). If anyone has what they consider to be an outstanding Career Resource Center in...