Pros And Cons Of Ex-Convicts

Ex-convicts should be given the chance to let them forget their past and build a new life. Being in isolation, prisoners have no idea what is happening outside of the four walls that they are in. Becoming ex-convicts, they can help in increasing the economy when they are hired and reduce the unemployment rate. They are also capable of getting a job like anyone else and may even do a better job because they have a higher sate of motivation than others since they are given a second chance to change their life for the better. In the article “Life Sentence,” they should be given a chance because some of the ex-convicts actually want to better their lives. Maybe not for themselves but provide for their families they harmed. Ex-convicts should get a second chance. According to “Life Sentence,” pg.1, paragraph 5, I agree with it because ex-convicts, when they get out of prison they have limited education and job skills and it makes it hard for them to get jobs, slashes their …show more content…
As mentioned in the article, there was an experiment with two ex-prisoners, one was black and the other was white, they were sent to find a job. They both had similar resumes but the black man had more difficulties finding a job. (Pg. 2, para. 8) This is important because I believe that the black man has more difficulties looking for a job because of his race instead of for what is on his resume. It seems contradictory that a man is sent to prison in order to be redeemed and when he has paid his debt to society finds it hard to get a job. This is wrong because it doesn’t provide the correct tools for those who have been released from prison. Usually when they are released, they go back to commit the same crime and this may happen because the only thing society does is exclude a man that has been in prison from what is going on outside of the