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| Rethinking prison policies |
| By BBC News |
| Published: 02/03/2009 |
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KANSAS - Raphael Frazier has spent most of his twenties behind bars. He served five years in prison for aggravated robbery and when he got out he felt immediately antagonised by his suspicious parole officer. "He just didn't want to give me a chance. On my first day out he snapped an ankle bracelet on me. It was like caging a dog up," Raphael says. Before long Raphael was back in prison for violating his parole conditions. Then he was convicted again - this time for forging pay roll cheques. That was a skill he picked up behind bars from more experienced inmates. "I went in at 17 just as a dumb kid and when I came out I had tools to do whatever bad things I wanted to do," he says. Raphael was caught in a downward spiral like many other inmates in the US. But this time things could turn out better for Raphael. He has a different parole officer who is actively trying to help him find a job - and the US's most innovative prisoner re-entry programme is being rolled out in his state. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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