Guest Blogger: A Degree Of Civilization; The American Prison System

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  1. Grant in Texas - January 20, 2014

    I got my eyes opened to our Texas prison system as a volunteer at Pacifica listener-supported radio.  First I had just manned the phones during the frequent money-raising “marathons” then began answering the phones to help out on Ray Hill’s Sunday afternoon “Prison Program”. Prisoner’s families and loved ones could send messages via radio since so many prisons are in SE Texas, within the KPFT radio range. I learned so much about the heartache endured by these families.  As a result, I started to work with the fine Texas program called Project Rio and soon began hiring recently released prisoners for my business. I had a good experience with nearly all.  They were responsible and hard-working.  My guys also knew I was in close contact with their parole officers and that I had to make honest reports on them.  The state got their money’s worth as I took a great load off their over-burdened parole personnel.  For some years after these parolees had left my employ, I kept in touch with several of them (mostly giving them new job referrals) and was pleased that most all had kept their records clean and had not returned to prison.  The state sent me mostly young, first time offenders, not yet hardened by prison life.  Most had served time for drug offenses or thefts related to drug habits.  Sadly I found that rehabilitation in prison had not existed, so often I even drove them to local 12-step programs like A.A., N.A., C.A.,  http://www.mrgdc.org/workforce/job_seeker/programs/project_rio.php

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