Not only are they prohibited from experiencing many of the basic civic duties non-convicted Americans experience, such as the aforementioned voting rights and right to serve on a jury, they also suffer from increased discrimination when applying for a job, a drivers license, housing and education opportunities from wearing the label of criminal. The way people view another human being changes when that individual is labeled a criminal, and that person is no longer part of typical and ordinary American culture. Life, post conviction is difficult, and twice as hard when you are an African American ex-convict attempting to integrate back into society having to deal with the ordinary racism many suffered from prior to being
Not only are they prohibited from experiencing many of the basic civic duties non-convicted Americans experience, such as the aforementioned voting rights and right to serve on a jury, they also suffer from increased discrimination when applying for a job, a drivers license, housing and education opportunities from wearing the label of criminal. The way people view another human being changes when that individual is labeled a criminal, and that person is no longer part of typical and ordinary American culture. Life, post conviction is difficult, and twice as hard when you are an African American ex-convict attempting to integrate back into society having to deal with the ordinary racism many suffered from prior to being