Unemployment In Prisons

The United States of America locks up more people, per capita, than any other nation. But grappling with why requires us consider the many types of correctional facilities and the reasons that 2.3 million people there (Wagner). When someone get convicted of a felony they immediately lose many of their rights. One of the biggest things that they lose is the right to vote and that can decide a lot of someones life. Many people in places such as Florida don’t know that you can regain your rights to vote and not just votes but many other things that are beneficial to someone's life. When you’re looking for a job the job has the ability to decline your application so that you won't get the job and they can do so legally. Losing your rights as a convicted felon is terrible to ruin peoples lives after serving the certain time that they were given as their punishment.
Even though people get arrested and
do the time that they are sentenced, when they get out of prison they are still working-class people. When they get released, they can regain the rights that they have lost in the past. The fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution clearly states that:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
When one is sentenced to prison and lose their right to vote, they are losing a privilege that should be open to every U.S. citizen. These rights have been traced back to ancient Roman and Greek laws and customs. Losing basic rights can have an impact on not just one’s own life, but lives around them can be made more stressful and horrible (US Const., art 15, sec 1). Stated by Time magazine “In places like Mississippi, one of 12 states that permanently bar at least some felons from voting, the reason typically involves the notion that people have displayed very bad judgment by committing a felony, by definition a serious crime. No argument there” (Reynolds).
When someone gets arrested and is convicted of a felony they not only lose their right to vote but they also lose several other rights that they previously had such as losing the right to serve jury duty, own a firearm, and they lose jobs such as being a teacher, law enforcement and working in a hospital. The effects of losing those rights and more can affect how their life is and what goes on. They lose the ability to get student loans and help with further studying. In Florida you can request for a expunge/seal package. You can use this to have no impact on federal or private companies databases. Tho criminal history may still be available if a company buys information from the state and other counties. If someone gets arrested they shouldn't lose all of their rights like being able to get help for schooling (Halscott) . When you get put into prison you have the chance of losing your job.
I don't think that you should lose your job. In 2008 a statistic showed that 1 out of 17 working men were prisoner and 1 out of 8 were ex felon that were unemployed. It is really hard for someone to get a job that has been arrested in the past because jobs can search your name and show that you have a rap sheet. When someone is arrested and have to serve several years in prison they can lose time and what technology has changed over the years (halscott). Losing rights as a felon is terrible, not only does it ruin how people see you due to the fact that you had been arrested of somethings that was bad enough to be a felony but it also takes away several rights that can have a huge impact on someone's life. Voting rights are protected by the constitution and they are taken away from people. Many men and women who have been convicted of felonies have a terrible time getting jobs and that makes it so much harder for people to get one that pays well. In places they have ways that you can regain your
rights.