What About Inmates?

In my last comment about inmates, I explained that the Texas Government is planning to cut out the possibility for inmates to get an education while being in prison. Moreover, it has been clearly seen that ex- convicts have a hard time finding a job. In most cases, ex-convicts cannot even renew their licenses for certain work types. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has been rejecting many applications coming from ex-offenders. Law judges feel reluctant to approve a lot of these applications because they fear that by letting ex-convicts to work, our society is in danger. As a consequence of not having a job, ex-offenders do not have enough money to support their families. A lot of the poverty that the Texas Government sees in our society is associated to the very low or zero income of ex-convicts since they are also part of our community.

I think that everyone in our society deserve a second chance. The lack of opportunity for ex-offenders to get a decent job really does not allow ex-convicts to be fully part of our society and have chance to show us all that they are potential contributors for a better society. Therefore, I clearly think that the only thing that the Texas government might cause is to increase the probability of having ex-offender back into crime just in seek of more money. I think the best solution is to give ex-convicts a chance to get a decent job and let them show us all their positive contribution to society.