As a current prisoner who is yet to be released, let me say thank you for everything you've done.
I've spent the last 9 years around felons and it is sad as most of them never had a chance in life, being born either into an environment that practically guaranteed incarceration, or being born with mental health issues that this nation fails to treat and instead incarcerates.
Sadly almost no programs apply to me because I've never been convicted of a crime. Most programs are only available to felons. There are almost no support structures for those who have spent years locked up in pre-trial detention. I was behind bars for the first 8 years, but for the last year I've been locked in a room in a house instead, but that at least gave me Internet access. I've been doing my best to try to make as much money as I can doing gig work online. Ironically one of the first jobs I got was transcribing recorded jail phone calls, then police interrogations, then court room transcripts. Talk about PTSD.
I've spent the last 9 years around felons and it is sad as most of them never had a chance in life, being born either into an environment that practically guaranteed incarceration, or being born with mental health issues that this nation fails to treat and instead incarcerates.