·         how to write a resume with little to now work experience,

·         how to overcome the criminal background checks,

·         how to keep their information off the internet

·         how to get a job without discussion their background

·         how to get a new SSN, People working on the behalf of the incarcerated need to understand the issues;

·          the new Jim crow

·         prison industries, are the drive behind recidivism

·         rule 35 “the snitch policy” has put far too many inside without a shred of evidence

·         long term isolation, mandatory lock down and the SHU is torture.

·         why most halfway houses are just another obstacle

·         the socialization process is making hard for these people to re-adjust once released What can the average person do to make a difference? From, the do’s and don’ts of becoming a prison volunteer. To helping to provide peer group counseling and so much more. All from the perspective of someone who knows and been through it all. The writer has been a part of the system nearly his entire life, from an orphan, to many stents as a juvenile and to 20 years in prison. Today, as a father of three young men (ages 25, 23 and 17), he’s been free in for 13 years. Despite the tag of ex-felon, he’s had jobs

·         Unarmed Security

·         Work at BNA (the airport)

·         Contract employee for CSX (the rail road)

·         Civil Servant (state employee) In November 2014, he established Sankofa Charities Incorporated, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, to provide transportation for the post-incarcerated, to and from work. The ultimate aim the writer, is to work and build with anyone involved in closing the door to recidivism. " /> ·         how to write a resume with little to now work experience,

·         how to overcome the criminal background checks,

·         how to keep their information off the internet

·         how to get a job without discussion their background

·         how to get a new SSN, People working on the behalf of the incarcerated need to understand the issues;

·          the new Jim crow

·         prison industries, are the drive behind recidivism

·         rule 35 “the snitch policy” has put far too many inside without a shred of evidence

·         long term isolation, mandatory lock down and the SHU is torture.

·         why most halfway houses are just another obstacle

·         the socialization process is making hard for these people to re-adjust once released What can the average person do to make a difference? From, the do’s and don’ts of becoming a prison volunteer. To helping to provide peer group counseling and so much more. All from the perspective of someone who knows and been through it all. The writer has been a part of the system nearly his entire life, from an orphan, to many stents as a juvenile and to 20 years in prison. Today, as a father of three young men (ages 25, 23 and 17), he’s been free in for 13 years. Despite the tag of ex-felon, he’s had jobs

·         Unarmed Security

·         Work at BNA (the airport)

·         Contract employee for CSX (the rail road)

·         Civil Servant (state employee) In November 2014, he established Sankofa Charities Incorporated, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, to provide transportation for the post-incarcerated, to and from work. The ultimate aim the writer, is to work and build with anyone involved in closing the door to recidivism. " />

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Rich Jinks
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Those inside and the post incarcerated is in need of help;

·         how to write a resume with little to now work experience,

·         how to overcome the criminal background checks,

·         how to keep their information off the internet

·         how to get a job without discussion their background

·         how to get a new SSN,

People working on the behalf of the incarcerated need to understand the issues;

·          the new Jim crow

·         prison industries, are the drive behind recidivism

·         rule 35 “the snitch policy” has put far too many inside without a shred of evidence

·         long term isolation, mandatory lock down and the SHU is torture.

·         why most halfway houses are just another obstacle

·         the socialization process is making hard for these people to re-adjust once released

What can the average person do to make a difference? From, the do’s and don’ts of becoming a prison volunteer. To helping to provide peer group counseling and so much more. All from the perspective of someone who knows and been through it all.

The writer has been a part of the system nearly his entire life, from an orphan, to many stents as a juvenile and to 20 years in prison. Today, as a father of three young men (ages 25, 23 and 17), he’s been free in for 13 years. Despite the tag of ex-felon, he’s had jobs

·         Unarmed Security

·         Work at BNA (the airport)

·         Contract employee for CSX (the rail road)

·         Civil Servant (state employee)

In November 2014, he established Sankofa Charities Incorporated, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, to provide transportation for the post-incarcerated, to and from work. The ultimate aim the writer, is to work and build with anyone involved in closing the door to recidivism.