WATERLOO – Officials will hold an exercise this week in Waterloo to demonstrate the obstacles ex-cons face when getting out of prison and trying to get a job.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is hosting an ex-offender reentry simulation on April 20 from 9:45 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. at Tama Hall at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo. The reentry simulation is part of a day-long seminar focused on educating employers regarding the benefits of hiring ex‑offenders. The seminar is sponsored by Cedar Valley Iowa WORKS, Employers Council of Iowa, and Hawkeye Community College.
The simulation will allow participants to “step inside the shoes” of someone being released from prison, to allow them to see the obstacles that exist in an ex-offender’s transition from prison back to our community. This simulation is just one of many reentry related events being held across the country, as the U.S. Department of Justice has designated the last week of April as National Reentry Week.
An Assistant United States Attorney will be available following the reentry simulation to discuss the simulation and answer any questions related to the office’s commitment to reducing recidivism.
They will make it big as public officals.
Some of you posting on here all the time about Beje Clark and the failings of our justice system should attend this. You might learn that those who do break the law and are trying to reform don’t get much of a chance to do so.
That is very true. But, because their problems are self induced I do not have a lot of sympathy for them.