Dear Nick

Dear Nick,

This is such an important issue that I think many Americans don’t think about. Thank you for writing about this and showing that someone in this country cares about all Americans even if you are a criminal. Criminals are still human and are like everybody else, just fell off track and made some very poor decisions. They deserve to have a great and long life after fulfilling their sentence. I definitely agree that Ex-prisoners should have a chance at a stable life after completing their sentence. Usually after completing 20 plus years in prison, it’s very hard for ex-prisoners to live in the real world because they have been so use to their everyday life in prison. I completely agree with you Nick, that there should be some programs for ex-prisoners to live a healthy life style. I believe the US is putting way too much money into these prisons while they can put the money into something else like helping the home owners that were affected in the hurricanes or people that live in shelters.

           

The only suggestion I can make is siting your source. You mentioned that “we make up to 25% of the worlds incarcerations and have the highest incarceration rate in the world,” but you don’t say where you got that from. Its very important to always mention where you get your information from.

           

This was a great blog and I really enjoyed reading it. Nobody really thinks about the men and women that are in those prisons as people. They are just like you and me just didn’t make the best decisions. That doesn’t mean we treat them like they’re animals.