Our present approach makes it very difficult for a person released from jail to support himself legally.
You have to admit that’s an idiotic policy if we’re trying to bring down recidivism.
Policy changes that would make sense, however, aren’t obvious.
You are correct about current policies. The punishment in a lot of cases becomes lifelong. I can see some merit in his proposals.
Your point matters. Perhaps a better approach would involve sponsorship and some type of subsidized work. But welfare seems unlikely to allow the former prisoner to become fully independent and autonomous as we would want them to aspire to be.