Getting Back to Work After a Prison Break

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One former ceo i spoke with was working for minimum wage, while others have started an tire businesses and kept them operating straight through a lengthy prison term. Part of the reason peperny pushes his clients to get back to work, any work, is to provide some good, upright citizen material for the pre sentencing report but also to break out of the paralys sthat rouse describes.

People heading to court often turn to the internet for guidance. In so doing, many come across the work of Justin Paperny, who dispenses advice on his YouTube channel. His videos offer preparation advice and help manage expectations, while providing defendants information to be able to hold their current lawyers accountable, and to try to negotiate a lighter sentence.

Mr. Paperny, a former financial criminal, also leads White Collar Advice with his partner Michael Santos, another former convict. The firm is made up of 12 convicted felons who each have their own consulting specialty based on where they served time and their own sentencing experiences.

The journalist Jack Hitt relates the story of the two men and the details of their firm, which “fills a need in 21st-century America.” It is, Mr. Hitt writes, “a natural market outgrowth of a continuing and profound shift in America’s judicial system.”

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