Mountain-Matt

I'm in the process of becoming a county deputy, and just this past Saturday was given a tour of two of our county jails. The things that struck me were how depressingly boring life inside those walls must be, and then when I heard that the recidivism rate was around 85% I actually exclaimed "holy shit!"

It's got me wondering what I could be doing with my spare time to help these guys get out and stay out, but I can't even imagine where to begin. Do you have any suggestions? I'm nothing special, don't have any connections to jobs or even a host of skills that I could teach them that they would really find useful aside from basic computer literacy, I suppose.

I see that your last post was about two hours ago, so I'm not sure if you're completely done or not, but I'm a 30-year-old man with an English degree in Tampa, Florida who is sick of the office. I'm on the edge of packing up my car and driving to North Dakota to grab a job as a roustabout. Is there anything besides a good set of boots that I should invest in before leaving?