Table of Contents
Mission Statement
About the Author
Chapter 1
Convicts Helping Convicts
From Crime to Prison to Ex-Con
Why create a site for Cons Helping Cons?
What qualifies me to create this Site?
Rates of Recidivism & Types of Offenders
Terms & Prison lingo
Prison lingo | Prison Slang
Prison Code | Honor among Thieves
Chapter 2
Responsibility | Your Crime & Society
Convicts and the Responsibility You Face
Society's Responsibility
Chapter 3
Life after Prison | Basic Steps to Making it on the Outside
Support Groups & People Who Can Help
The First 48 Hours
Questionable Activities or Associations
Dealing with Addictions | Drugs & Alcohol
Dealing with Real Life Situations
Halfway House | Provincial or Federal
Understanding the Dynamics of your Offence
Prison Code | Honor among Thieves
Employment | When do I need to get a job?
Chapter 4
Life After One Year | Releasing Yourself from the real Prison
Life After the Halfway House (after one year out of prison) What then?
Living in Prison on the Outside
Dating for Ex-Cons | Relationships | Spouses
Chapter 5
Getting a job with a criminal record
Resume Building & Mistakes
A. Lack of working experience
B. Education
C. Building Contacts
D. A Job
E. Resume
Your choices matter
Chapter 6
Not all Crimes & Criminal acts are created Equal
Victims of Crime
Criminal Offences & Offenders
Habitual Violent Offenders
Serial killers
Sex Offenders & Prison Population & Society View Points
Chapter 7
Pros & Cons of Pardons & Clemency (Canada)
Disadvantages to getting a pardon | Criminal Record Check
Clemency (Different slightly from Pardon)
Advantages of Obtaining a Pardon
Chapter 8
Myths about Crime and punishment in Canadian Justice System
Life Sentences
What is First (1st) Degree Murder in Canada?
What is Second (2nd) degree Murder in Canada?
Day Parole & Full Parole with Life Sentence in Canada
Myths of a Life Sentence
Dangerous Offender Designation in Canada
Manslaughter Myths & Facts
Crimes you could be sentence to imprisonment for life