what do you think?

Question

About ex-offenders job fair.. well here where I leave they had a job fair for Ex-offenders do you think that employers should hire them

Answer 1

You are supposed to be rehabilitated after your release. If they are not able to get back into the mainstream and given a chance to earn a living because of their past it will only cause them to return to crime out of desperation.

Answer 2

You know, everyone says that if they changed they don't see a problem. But if you think about it, and if you were the employer, would you hire an ex-con? If you had two people for one spot, one an ex-con and one a regular person, who would you hire?? People aren't being fair to ex-offenders, but can you blame them? They are just being careful. I think they should be given a chance, depending on what crime they have committed.

Answer 3

Incarceration is supposed to be about punishment for the offense as well as rehabilitation. In order to avoid the same type of offense in the future, ex offenders have to have a means of income, so depending on the type of offense they were incarcerated for, I agree or disagree on employers hiring ex-offenders.

For example, if an offender was incarcerated for serious check fraud, I would object to this offender being hired/olaced into a job in accounting. I also would strongly object for a repeat sex-offender to be hired/placed by any employer who only remotely deals with the needs of children. But, if one is convicted of tax fraud, gets released, and then gets hired by a construction company as a brick layer, I would not object. In order to prevent repeat offenses, we have to provide the means of some type of employment for them. The only offenders I would like to see permanently incarcerated are murderers who got convicted of first degree, premediated(planned)murder, and ALL offenders who sexually violated children, for I do believe there is no worse crime than to maliciously kill another person or to rape, molest, etc. young children.

Answer 4

They did the time now let them go on with their lives yes I believe everyone should be treated fairly even criminals. They made a mistake maybe even several still they were punished and now they deserve to pay taxes like all the rest of the world. Give them a job maybe it will change their livers or at least their children's lives .Keep in mind as long as they are working the tax payers won't be footing the bill they will.

Answer 5

it depends on what there past offending is,but i dont see a problem with employin ex cons and stuff like that cause they obviusely want to work the same as every1 else and want to get on the straight and narrow so employers should give them that 1 chance in life,

Answer 6

Nothing wrong with the job fair. If you think about it logically, only those that are serious about working will be there. The slouchers and slackers won't even show up. Based on that, why not hire them? Everyone makes mistakes, it's how we recover from them that counts.

Answer 7

depending on the Job an the Crime that made them the Ex-con. Yes most deserve a chance to work !

Answer 8

I work with ex-offenders there good worker most don't want to go back to jail

Answer 9

well it depends on what kind offense commited. If the person has gotten help for what they did and proved that they have changed then maybe teh would be given a second chance.

Answer 10

If they have rehabilitated and proven themselves fit for re-introduction into society then I don't see a problem.