The Complete Guide to Starting Over After Prison: Everything You Need to Know about Getting Back on Your Feet

by ATLANTIC PUBLISHING COMPANY

• ISBN13: 9781601383860
• ISBN10: 160138386X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-30
• Publisher: Atlantic Pub Co

Summary

This book works to provide a comprehensive look at what prisoners can expect when they are released from prison and how to effectively approach their new life in a way that will allow them to be as successful as possible. You will learn the ten most common things that ex-convicts have trouble dealing with upon release and the top ten reasons a certain percentage of them consistently end up back in prison and why that doesn¿t have to include you. Learn how prison life is so different from the outside world and the most important details that will change when you start the process of readjusting. Learn what you can do to start preparing yourself before you are released from prison and what you can do in the first week upon release. Learn how to maintain the proper interactions with your parole officer and how to reconnect with family and loved ones upon your release. Prisoners and parole officers from all walks of life have been interviewed for this book and their insights were added to help you understand the most common things ex-prisoners deal with and how they overcome those difficulties. Learn how to find a job and how to regain your finances, a home, a car, and everything else you need to live your life on a daily basis. Learn how to put the time you had in prison to good use and finally how to start putting those months or years incarcerated behind you for good.