a second chance for a person with a criminal past
By iluvusabado
@iluvusabado (2559)
Philippines
February 5, 2013 11:47pm CST
almost all hiring establishments seek police clearance from its applicants and when they see that you have a criminal record, you will be rejected right away.
i believe all people makes mistakes. some may be imprisoned despite being innocent of the crime. after getting out of prison, how can they get a decent job to start their life anew if the employer sees their tainted police clearance? there's this stigma from people outside that they are bad people and they could never be trusted.
i believe people deserves a second chance in life especially if they've faced the consequences of their wrong doings in the past. actually, i feel like we will just push them to go back to the wrong path if we don't give them the chance to change.
4 responses
@iluvusabado (2559)
• Philippines
8 Feb 13
at least give them the benefit of the doubt that they are truly renewed people before judging them.
@iluvusabado (2559)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
i really wish they will have an opportunity to prove themselves that they've changed. but the society is really harsh.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
6 Feb 13
I agree with you, everyone makes mistakes and sometimes people are put in prison for something someone else has done. So I think they should get another chance in life. I think once they are out of there, time has been served and they should be able to move on and have a normal life again...
@iluvusabado (2559)
• Philippines
8 Feb 13
i would love to think that after they finish their sentence, they are new people since they have been rehabilitated inside. i just wish other people would think that way about them.
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
I think this has valid points. The truth is that we always have something to say, we have already formed an idea about a person because of what their past is. i feel sorry for those who were innocent but had to be imprisoned and they had to take the blow in their own life, and family. I sure hope there must be some companies who would be willing to give them second chances.
I do not know about the NBI clearance, and the police clearances and how this is given, i think they must be given a clearance, because they already served a sentence for what they did before and that they should be given a clean slate. those had to be stated only but as an additional information.
@iluvusabado (2559)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
is it really that way? a clean slate in the clearance of an ex-convict? if it's true, then i guess it's a good thing because it's really hard to find a job for ex-convicts. even construction jobs need nbi clearance.
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
That has also been one of the many questions I have in mind. How can an ex-con make society believe that he is truly a changed man? The society would seem to push him away and that leads for the person to come back to his old ways coz he thinks that it is the simplest thing to do to earn money. I think that the government should be the first one to extend that help as soon as a man get out of prison- a promise of a new and better life.
@iluvusabado (2559)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
i agree with you. i want to think that getting imprisoned means you've also been rehabilitated. i also think that the government should take the initiative to take a risk on employing or giving livelihood to our prodigal brothers.
