Slave Labor

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by iamkeri1

By the way, the prison he is in has no employment opportunities and no training opportunities either. All the guys do all day is lay around, watch a very very old TV, and pump iron. He will come out with no vocational training or experience. Even he thinks a chain gang would be better.
Smooches,
Keri

This reminds me of a client I have. Her son is in prison and did some work for a while. When he was moved to a unit where he no longer worked, but instead learned how to write a resume (and other useful things about work, actually), he became really depressed. For him, working kept his mind off of being in prison and made him feel more productive.

Of course, learning to write a resume, learning interviewing skills and such as that is certainly useful, but for this inmate, it is unnecessary. He was gainfully employed working with computers prior to his arrest and will be able to go back into this field. The prison should individualize training versus work.

Ok, so I kind of went off track there from what you are saying, but my main point is just that out of the three years that he has been there, those 5 months while in prison were useful to him and useful to the prison (he did laundry detail, I believe).