BUSINESS AND EX-OFFENDERS - A CASE OF HOLY ALLIANCE, PART 1

• NCJ Number: 26148
• Journal: Security Management Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1975) Pages: 20-24
• Author(s): G C PATI
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Industrial Security
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DOING TO HELP EX-OFFENDERS FIND JOBS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER PROGRESS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE FOLLOWING FOUR AREAS NEED TO BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO JOB DEVELOPMENT FOR EX-OFFENDERS: 1) MAKING PRISONS MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE DYNAMIC SOCIETY IN PROVIDING AT LEAST A PULL OF SKILLED MANPOWER WHICH INDUSTRY NEEDS IN THE REAL WORLD. 2) ENABLING THE EMPLOYING INSTITUTIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE INMATES' VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS. 3) REGAINING SOLID COMMITMENT FROM GOVERNMENT THROUGH LEGISLATION AND, ITS TOUGH ENFORCEMENT BY REMOVING UNDUE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT. 4) RE-EXAMINING CERTAIN INCONSISTENCIES FROM WITHIN THE EMPLOYING ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR A GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE IN WHICH EVERYONE, INCLUDING EX-OFFENDERS, CAN SURVIVE, COMPETE, AND GROW. FOR PART 2, SEE NCJ-26275.