Brother released from prison. What are his chances of an OTR job?

I've spent almost 40 years in a truck... will that prevent me from getting a job at a prison?

Just wanna know.....

 

It's good to see this. I've often wondered if it would be of any benefit to require released prisoners to be completely displaced from their family and former 'friends'. Having worked in a public service capacity in the past, I saw so many people go through the revolving door. Prison time, then back out to the same environment, family and associates, which put them right back in again. It seems that your brother has the advantage of a good support system that many others do not. It seems that you're not going to enable him to return to the circumstances that got him in trouble in the first place like so many other families do.

 

Oh not at all, Krooser. Just screw up real good ONE TIME, and you might get the chance to find out.
(I hope you never do find out though.)

 

Thanks... I think.

My chances of getting incarcerated are slim since most prisons don't have enough room in their geriatric wards....

 

This is very true. I was born and raised in Atlanta GA. When I got out, I paroled out to a small town where I had an awesome job lined up. I waited almost 2 years before moving back to Atlanta to help increase my chances of success. Now, I can drive, or do anything around Atlanta and it doesn't bring back memories of my past lifestyle. It's important to change people, places, and things.

The statistics for recidivism are staggering. The month I was released from the transitional center, there were 33 other people released. 5 years later, only 2 other people, not including myself are still out, or haven't been charged with any new crimes. Most didn't make it past 6 months. Some didn't make it a month. Drugs were a big contributor, but lack of money/job was the biggest contributor for people going back.

You can only scrape by on minimum wage for so long before you give in to hustling, or drugs. Or, you can only search for job for so long before you start getting desperate for money. Just imagine finishing your sentence, and you cannot even get McDonalds to hire you to flip burgers for minimum wage. Very humbling. The majority of people that do 5 or more years, end up feeling more comfortable in prison than out. The prison sentence was much easier than the post-prison part of the punishment. In prison, you have no responsibilities other than staying safe. Food, water, and clothing is taken care of, and people end up getting used to living with the most basic of needs.

 

good luck to your brother and I hope it all works out for him

 

I HIGHLY doubt it with a murder charge. Add the fact that he will be on parole - no chance whatsoever, unless he was o/o

 

I am going to guess here that She KNOWS what her brother did time for, and yes even some people convicted of murder are granted parole. I know of two personally.