cause/prisonfor profit

 

I choose this the cause of "Prison for Profit", for various reasons. First I work with a jail and prison ministry to help people and their families when the individual is need, if it is pray, food, housing clothing or job placement. I see so many cases that are what I in my generation would have called

railroad and trump charges. 

For example we work with a young man who got busted with one joint of marijuana and was an excellent student in school with a 3.75 GPA. and a full scholarship for college awaiting him, and the court system wanted to give him two years. "Now this is not to say I or my team support doing any type of drugs; after all this is a "Christian" base ministry". But do I send a young man with a promising opportunity to make a difference in his life, his family and society into a prison system for two years for something as small a one joint, or do you give him another chance with perhaps a sponsorship mentoring program and even perhaps community work. This is for sure a better method than to cut a young 17year old life short into a life of prison.

My second for reasoning is as we took training to work with the jail and prison ministry we had to meet with the wardens and community assistance coordinator. We discovered that from the jail system the "State of Colorado" profits are 45% and the prison system 55%; so you see the state receives 100% profits form the jail and prison system. Also there is no rehabilitation. programs such as drug and alcohol, education or trade. Therefore it is a dead end cycle mostly once in the system unless there is some individuals who attempt to make a difference.

My third reason for choosing this subject. My husband is a Commercial Electrician"and he worked as a sub contractor for a company their industry was building prisons. We discovered the company built prison for "Private Industries." The process was the industry would go in a town build the prison the town may the industry a percentage for the prison based on the maximum of the confinement. This started me to researching to discover many of the private sector is judges, attorney firms, etc. Amazing isn't it.

What was more amazing to me after choosing this subject, I come home today and on T.V. is this gentlemen who was on death row set for death seven times but he was actually a victim of a corrupt system. On the District Attorney's death bed he confessed he which documents and DNA to have this man convicted.  The promised and blessed size to the story is the gentlemen himself has started a program and have helped five people who were on death row for crimes they did not commit. 

This amazed me also when, he made the statement "Faith and Education" is what is needed. I also liked his slogan "The prosecution may rest but he will not until he can help all who is falsely accused for position, power and money.