UMS. Let’s get at it

[Paul1131]

Yeah, I worked in a prison too for a couple of years, and openly admitting liking growth and learning was akin to admitting one was weak.  Prison is all about survival, from the least to the greatest in there.

I work with a few former inmates, as my company will hire felons.  I'm realizing that time in prison really affects people long term.  The habits of survival are not easily dropped when they're out, even decades later.

Well congrats on doing the job and congrats on getting out of it Brother.  
The one thing that we need to do that we really don’t do is separate the ones who have a chance at learning and changing from the ones who are not going to and keeping them separate.  Exposure to the ones who choose a criminal lifestyle and revel in it is what makes the other ones adopt the survival habits.  The system’s refusal to give up on the hard cases is the reason that so many are not helped.