EPISODE 55: "REHABBED OR REPEAT"

DO YOU THINK PRISON REALLY DOES ANY GOOD? THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A JOKE. WHEN YOU GO TO JAIL YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING YOUR DEBT TO SOCIETY RIGHT? I MEAN IF YOU PAY A DEBT OFF IN ANY OTHER ASPECT OF LIFE, ONCE YOU PAY IT THEN ITS OVER. THEY REMOVE PAID DEBT FROM YOUR CREDIT REPORT AFTER YOU PAY IT DON'T THEY? SO WHY IS IT IF YOU GO TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING, YOUR RECORD CONTINUES TO FOLLOW YOU FOREVER? HOW CAN YOU REALLY REHABILITATE A CRIMINAL AND STILL CONTINUE TO PUNISH HIM? IF I STOLE SOMETHING OR SOLD DRUGS WHEN I WAS 19, AND GOT CAUGHT AND WENT TO PRISON FOR 3 YEAS, I WOULD BE STILL AT THE BEGINNING OF MY ADULT LIFE AND CAN OBVIOUSLY BE A CHANGED MAN. WHY WOULD I HAVE TO MAKE LIGHT OF THIS FACT AT 35 IN A JOB INTERVIEW? I'M ALL FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS BEING MARKED BECAUSE THEY POSE A DANGER. AND IF YOU APPLYING TO WORK FOR A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, THEN ANY KIND OF FRAUD HISTORY MAY BE RELEVANT. BUT PRISON MOST OFTEN TIMES MAKE THINGS WORST FOR MOST. AND TO ALLOW JUST ANYONE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION IS A TRUE INJUSTICE IN ITSELF. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DOES JAIL DO MORE HARM THEN GOOD? SHOULD A PERSONS CRIMINAL PAST BE USED AGAINST THEM IN EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS IF IT DOESN'T EVEN PERTAIN TO WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO? DO YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT HAS STOPPED YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD? LET US KNOW.