Thanks for indirectly assigning this reading. It gave me some insight on how difficult the transition from jail to normal society. It something that is not discussed much and not to many organization put forth effort to help these people transition back, much like with war veterans in the past (and in some instants with today’s war veterans). Anyway, this article discusses how two ex-con work together to help newly ex-con establish themselves in their new found life in a different society. In addition, this article is filled aspects that relate to the Goffman's article on total institutions. More specifically, we several characteristics of total institutions that still affect these individuals. We also see example of how they do minor things
