tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post313714876663128277..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas pays to train prisoner for job the state then won't let him haveGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5765799043997629812012-06-12T08:10:16.918-05:002012-06-12T08:10:16.918-05:00Should any trades have licensing regulations that ...Should any trades have licensing regulations that deny jobs to registered sex offenders? If so, which trades?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80195409097828657622012-06-08T10:32:02.113-05:002012-06-08T10:32:02.113-05:00What's really amazing about it all is there is...What's really amazing about it all is there is this advocacy for re-entry and on the face of it it looks great. Practically, it would appear that it's business as usual. Talk the talk without any action to aid the ex-offender in the transition back into society.<br /><br />It's truly amazing. The ex-offender is forgiven by other nationals quicker than they are by the American citizen. Such hypocrits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11698384123133968362012-06-08T09:50:42.686-05:002012-06-08T09:50:42.686-05:00We live in a world where they preach love and forg...We live in a world where they preach love and forgiveness on Sunday's in church but come Monday morning no one is practices it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58615170087387065542012-06-07T20:06:40.537-05:002012-06-07T20:06:40.537-05:00More than likely, ex-prisoner's have learned a...More than likely, ex-prisoner's have learned a thing or two about the law and ethics while doing their hard time.<br /><br />There's no room for that in a crime lab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19171424356512204062012-06-07T14:32:12.730-05:002012-06-07T14:32:12.730-05:00Suzanne ~ the idea would be that you teach the inm...Suzanne ~ the idea would be that you teach the inmate a trade so that they can start their own business upon their release, and maybe even employ someone else after a while. Graduates have that same option to start their own business.<br /><br />Keep voting the people who make these ridiculous rules into office and nothing will change.sunray's wenchhttp://lookingforthecabinbythelake.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81908052383677776372012-06-07T12:55:32.063-05:002012-06-07T12:55:32.063-05:00Too many trades have licensing regulations that de...Too many trades have licensing regulations that deny jobs to ex-felons and not just sex offenders. <br /><br />Why bother teaching these trades if there are no jobs available to the graduates?Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69762672951785858762012-06-07T11:58:00.947-05:002012-06-07T11:58:00.947-05:00I'd like to see those interested in reducing t...I'd like to see those interested in reducing the size of government focus on unneeded licensing and regulatory agencies. Do we really need the State saying who can cannot cut hair? If it's about health and safety, shouldn't that fall to local Heath Inspectors instead of a job killing licensing entity? As to concerns about being a sex offender or offender in general, what training do these licensing agents receive that makes them experts on recitivism?MaxMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02374787544584744902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33851628067743632922012-06-07T11:33:10.348-05:002012-06-07T11:33:10.348-05:00This is the sort of crap that drives me crazy. I&...This is the sort of crap that drives me crazy. I'm always running into young offenders who've learned a skill like barbering, chef work, air conditioner repair who are all excited and starry-eyed about how their new trade is going to enable them to make money, support their families, and stay straight. I know that such will not likely be the case because the deck is stacked against them.<br /><br />I did not know about the sex offender--barbering connection. I had heard of barber licenses being denied because a barber shop was a quiet and secure location for delivering drugs! Oh well, if they can't screw you one way, I guess they can get you another.<br /><br />Morally I have an increasingly hard time working in this system.Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14437148413960392592012-06-07T11:14:37.419-05:002012-06-07T11:14:37.419-05:00Pretty ridiculous. Barbering is one of the classi...Pretty ridiculous. Barbering is one of the classic jobs for those recently released from prison. At most, for child-sex-offenders, there should be a no-contact-with-children requirement, and a requirement that the parole officer visit the workplace to make sure the employer knows about the conviction and is imposing appropriate oversight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29785255152295454792012-06-07T11:07:26.459-05:002012-06-07T11:07:26.459-05:00Was the guy on the sex offender's register? If...Was the guy on the sex offender's register? If not, then the licensing board have no grounds for thinking that he might abuse one of his customers. Can you sue for defamation of character in Texas?sunray's wenchhttp://lookingforthecabinbythelake.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com