What you want from us? Sympathy? You're out of luck thenDo people realise how tough it is for ex-prisoners?
I think you assumed you didn't get the job because you were in prison. I don't know how recently you were released but theirs a major job crisis and economic crisis going on right now and competition for jobs is very difficult for everyone. It is my understanding that ex-convicts can be supported and assisted by social services to get accommodation and a job where allowances are made for the prison record. How come you have a flat? Many people are waiting to get their own council house or flat and have to wait years. As a student nurse I went out with the mid wife. One day we visited a young couple with a new born baby. They lived in a room in a house, just one room, shared kitchen, toilet and bathroom with the rest of the house. My brother and his girlfriend did the same in London and they were both working but couldn't afford anything better.
Please, i'm not being unsympathetic but my understanding is that people in your position get support and help if needed and if possible. You may have to ask and be determined to get as much from the system as you can.
The system is not against you personally. Society has to work together and co operate to keep it afloat. Those that don't co operate with society and break it's laws are endangering the whole of society and have to be stopped from damaging society. Your are one of thousands of people that have broken a law, one of the laws which keeps society working.
Please don't get depressed. Job wise many are in the same boat and most haven't been in jail. If you have a problem with depression go and see a doctor to help you. Sometimes we need to fight the labels society puts on us, but not with our fists.
Good Luck
I know 110% what that is exactly like.
My oldest brother was caught selling 1 ounce of pot to someone; he ended up 5-6 years in prison.[He has been out and back too many times] It really makes me sick because rapists don't even serve that amount of time... my parents were just stupid and moved to a stuck up ';village';..and we are from Chicago, so basically everyone hates us here.... Anyways, He has to see his probation officer the first Monday of every month AND pay $40 each time as well [not to mention the $20 in gas it costs to get there]. And, he did have this good job, making $700 a week, but they won't let him back on because he went back to jail and later came out.. he had a very tough time finding a job, but he finally got one, making $300 a week.
I hate seeing him go threw so much just for 1 stupid mistake [he was 18 at the time, young and stupid], basically when you get into trouble, it's hard to get out, because you are being watched like a hawk.
I do feel sympathy for ';jailbirds';, life is rough when you get out... you have no money, no house, no job, no nothing, so it's an extremely hard life.
Also, Anyone who thinks everyone who goes to jail is a ';bad and stupid person'; is just flat out ignorant. Try being locked up for years and years, and coming back and not knowing what to do, and you don't know anyone, and have no possessions.
im sorry but i cant bring myself to feel sympathy for an ex-prisoner. this is part of your punishment.
I guess when people hear you have abused trust and have anger issues (I'm just making an assumption as an employer does) then they feel you can't be a part of things.
And for the record try not to blame immigrants. They are human beings too. If they weren't there would that make ANY difference at all to your job prospects? People move about to find work. Its a fact of life and a fact of nature.
I suggest that since you have gone to jail - and I know this might be hard on you - join voluntary organisations, charities or something of that sort to show you have reformed have been seeking to get back into society for the betterment of yourself and those around you. This builds trust. Don't give up and try to do LOADS of this as possible. Then you can mention it in your CV or interview because I think criminal background are carried out till the very end.
It is that way, but this is why it is ill advised to get yourself in these situations. Keep trying, your probation officer may be able to give you some places to work, get back to church that will help you get work too(social networking). You don't want to go back to the prison, so behave.
How dreadful.
They should never let criminals out early...
yes but how cares if they haven't went through what you did yourself?
Sorry but if you didn't commit the crime you would not be in this situation. Totally 100% self inflicted as you always have a choice, so no sympathy.
Do prisoners and ex-prisoners realise how tough it is for the people they committed their crime against
I don't suppose the person you assaulted is having such a great time either...
Just try and turn your life around yourself, and that will give you great satisfaction.
Fantastic Question !
I just goes to prove how intolerant society is these days. It must be bad for immigrant families to be stopped and searched by the police every day in the area you live in ?
Do you think it would be best if you moved from the area ?
Maybe then the police would stop harassing the immigrants as they no longer had a felon in their midst ?
Maybe a sentence of 5 yrs minimum and you serving all of it would have give society time to forget you were a thug ?
Thats just too bad. It's clear who you have pinned the blame on (not yourself)
Yeah I can see how that'd be a pain, but the fact that you were in prison for a violent act kinda does push people against you.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AS SOON AS YOU CAN move!!! There are programs that the Gov has in place for people like you where they will give a business a 3000.00 tax credit if they hire you and give them a bond in case you still something again so you might want to tell your next job prospect about this and they might give you a chance . I would not hire you because most criminals do the same thing over and over you should have thought about it before you did it now you have to live with it. Good luck.
The road can be long, but it is never resolved by making things worse.
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