It is difficult to find a job if you have a felon record. When you return to society, try looking for some kind of training programs. If you complete the training program, they may have resources to help locate a job for you. A lot of colleges have trained felons that have successfully graduated and in good positions.. It is hard and can be very depressing and some communities are not forgiving. Most drug related problems can be overcome. Also there are program to expunge your background off of your record. Try to locate a law college or public defender to help you. Another resource is a legal service for consumers. The real problem is that the penal system does not, in most states train the inmates. If they are going to be there for 1 - 5 years there should be a way for them to go to school and perhaps obtain a college degree. They are going to be getting out and should be prepared to be gainfully employed. Or, get a GED certificate for a job.

If we as society do not try and help to rehabilitate the inmates from prison, they will return and continue to do crime. The reason is simple, there are no avenues for them to be successful and they give up trying. We need social workers that are equipped to handle the problems, and steer them in the right direction. They need therapy and religious counselling in order to succeed. There are many professionals, and if you really want to succeed in your personal life, than you need to give back to society.

We as Christians go to church, and read our Bibles faithfully every Sunday, and come home and forget what we have learned, or don't apply what we have learned. We are not helping society. That is the reason that we have missionaries, to help people. We can't all contribute to the cause, because we have other demands on our lives,. But ,we can ask the church to contribute in combining their missions. They can minister to the local inmates in the jails. It takes a special kind of personality to work in this field. The demand for this type of work is growing.

A job for felons is sometimes helping other inmates as they leave the institutions or jails. When you help someone else, you may be able to forget your own problems. Inmates are human being, and we should remember that they did serve their time, and deserve a chance to succeed.