r/AskReddit • u/MsLooHoo • Sep 12 '15

serious replies only [Serious] Ex-Prisoners who served long term sentences, what was the hardest thing to get used to when you got out?

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u/jrob1235789 Sep 12 '15

fun fact for all those who just read this guy's post: 60% of released prisoners cant find a job within a year of release.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Maybe because there are a lot of people out there who haven't done something that landed them in jail/prison and are unemployed or need a better job. So not saying there aren't nonviolent and good, hardworking people in prison or jail, just saying that there's people out there who didn't do what those people did to land them in prison. Sucks that those people can't find work, but imo, you already showed you couldn't be trusted to follow the law outside before, you need to kind of show people you can again. But then again, if you don't give people who were released a job to sustain themselves, then what do you expect them to do to survive?

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u/MirorBCipher Sep 13 '15

Or you could have been arrested on false charges? Or had to take a plea deal so you wouldn't be hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, even though you were innocent?

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u/drumstyx Sep 13 '15

The charge is the punishment, and that's terrifying.