is it true that non violent felons on being released from prison are joining

[donsu]

the military because they can't get a job and/or the military pays more and provides housing/clothing?

heard this from a caller on Wash. Journal this morning.

another caller suggested that non violent affenders should be released early from prison to serve in the militry.

?????

[wakeme2008]

1. Sounds more and more like Vietnam

:shrug:

[no_hypocrisy]

2. It makes sense from this standpoint:

When you are released, you have a record. When you apply for a job, you have to answer if asked that you have been convicted of a felony within the past five years. And it's a vicious circle because you answered truthfully and you don't get the job. You often can't get a driver's license right away. So other than crime as a way to make money, one of the few options left to you as an ex-con is the military. It also looks like redemption on your resume as you wait for those five years to go by.

No, I DON'T like it, but I understand the process where released federal prisoners are indirectly compelled into the military, which is going from one institution into another institution with a higher mortality rate.

[applegrove]

3. There was talk of this two years ago. Then it stopped. I guess we are

back to desperate times re: military.