Comments on: What Second Chance? http://prisonnewsblog.com/what-second-chance/ Prison News and Commentary Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Melinda Kauffman http://prisonnewsblog.com/what-second-chance/#comment-197 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:29:36 +0000 http://70.87.13.10/~prison/2008/06/what-second-chance/#comment-197 There is no second chance!! I live in Ohio and have been a nurse for 15 years. No prior criminal history. April 2007 I was caught obtaining prescription pain pills by deception. I entered into a contract with the board of nursing to obtain my nursing license back. The investigating officer was asked to quit due to sexual coercion. July 2008 I was secretly indicted for aggravated possession of Percocet F3 and deception to obtain F4. I was able to show full-time employment,10 months random drug testing (all clean), the board of nursing was allowing me to return to nursing, my completed drug treatment and my on-going recovery work.
I lost my job due to court dates/jail,i lost my drivers license (mandatory..you know). Ohio has statute’s in place for addicts that have crossed over to the non-violent crimes. I absolutely understand why when you enter the justice system your odds are against you. I have an extremely supportive family, three wonderful children,two years of recovery and the courts have taken more away than the addiction. I was able to overcome active addiction and return to society… until the courts became involved.

]]> By: Justin Van Dyk http://prisonnewsblog.com/what-second-chance/#comment-191 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:32:10 +0000 http://70.87.13.10/~prison/2008/06/what-second-chance/#comment-191 Hello Mr. Santos, My name is Justin Van Dyk and I am in Dr. Torres’ Corrections class and I have a few questions reguarding this article.

1. You specifically mention Danny’s story, he is basically a very well behaved prisoner who obeys all the rules. I agree that Danny should be placed into a halfway house so he can make the transition into civil life easier. My question is how the average inmate will adjust to this program. In other words, will other inmates abuse this program? Not all prisoners are going to be like Danny or yourself. The two of you are trying to better yourselves while other prisoners are not.

2. My second question involves the type of people that qualify for the 12 month halfway house placement program. If Danny is not eligible for the full 12 month period I do not even know if I would be eligible for the program. Maybe you could fill me in on some of the requirements that would grant an individual a 12 month stay in a halfway house.

Thank you very much for your time Mr. Santos, I really appreciate and I look forward to hearing back from you.

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