The Long Way Home

Those inside and the post incarcerated is in need of help;
• how to write a resume with little to now work experience,
• how to overcome the criminal background checks,
• how to keep their information off the internet
• how to get a job without discussion their background
• how to get a new SSN,
People working on the behalf of the incarcerated need to understand the issues;
• the new Jim crow
• prison industries, are the drive behind recidivism
• rule 35 "the snitch policy" has put far too many inside without a shred of evidence
• long term isolation, mandatory lock down and the SHU is torture.
• why most halfway houses are just another obstacle
• the socialization process is making hard for these people to re-adjust once released
What can the average person do to make a difference? From, the do's and don'ts of becoming a prison volunteer. To helping to provide peer group counseling and so much more. All from the perspective of someone who knows and been through it all.
The writer has been a part of the system nearly his entire life, from an orphan, to many stents as a juvenile and to 20 years in prison. Today, as a father of three young men (ages 25, 23 and 17), he's been free in for 13 years. Despite the tag of ex-felon, he's had jobs
• Unarmed Security
• Work at BNA (the airport)
• Contract employee for CSX (the rail road)
• Civil Servant (state employee)
In November 2014, he established Sankofa Charities Incorporated, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, to provide transportation for the post-incarcerated, to and from work. The ultimate aim the writer, is to work and build with anyone involved in closing the door to recidivism.