Advice Needed:

[Saucy]

I found a potential job opportunity. There's a guy on Craigslist who is a subcontractor with the department of corrections or something like that. He owns a house and he's working on turning it into a halfway house for prisoners. He's looking for someone to stay in the house and keep an eye on them, make sure they abide by their curfew, etc. The perks are: free room and board. $200 a month on of top of free room and board. The downside, of course, is living with six criminals.

I don't know anything about the house yet, but it is in Flint. It may be a large house with a bunch of bedrooms or we're all bunking together lol, which I'm not up for doing.

What would you do??

 

[Neve]

Find out if the prisoners are on parole.

If the prisoners are on parole and then it's more likely that they'll behave (or else be sent back to prison).

Can you find out if the halfway house is recovery-based for drug offenses/abuse, sex crimes, or transitional for long-term prisoners (probably felonies and/or capital crimes)?

 

[Strider1002]

I think craigslist always sounds shady. The rest... kinda sounds shady too. That's all I can say.

 

[Saucy]

Actually, the more I think about it, the more it does sound shady. :/

 

[Blank123]

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[Spunkn]

Sounds a little dangerous for $200 a month.

Make sure they abide by their curfews.....

What happens when one of them gets upset and gets into a fight with you?

 

[Saucy]

Oh I'd win. I'm the Hulk *flexes muscles*

 

[Strider1002]

I'd want some pretty good insurance to work with criminals. Just sayin'.

 

[wannaberocker]

I wouldn't wanna live with criminals. I don't care what their crime was.

 

[Rhye]

No insurance. Pay is bad.
Everything is off. Stay away.

 

[Neve]

I just Googled halfway houses in Michigan (Dept. of Corrections) and there are hardly any:

A list of halfway houses - List of U.S. Halfway Houses by State

An article from 1999 about how Michigan is shutting down halfway houses: Halfway Houses Are Casualties of a Michigan Sentencing Law - NYTimes.com. It's from 1999, but this sounds like a scam. OP could end up in a prostitution ring or drug involvement.....

 

[Saucy]

I just Googled halfway houses in Michigan (Dept. of Corrections) and there are hardly any:

A list of halfway houses - List of U.S. Halfway Houses by State

An article from 1999 about how Michigan is shutting down halfway houses: Halfway Houses Are Casualties of a Michigan Sentencing Law - NYTimes.com. It's from 1999, but this sounds like a scam. OP could end up in a prostitution ring or drug involvement.....

Wow thanks for checking that out for me.

And thank the rest of you for your advice. I'll definitely stay away.

 

[Jupiter Drops]

I'm a little late to this party here, but yeah, stay away. $200/month with other freebies is not worth it for a job like that.

 

[r035198x]

I'll join the choir. Either fake or not worth it. If you don't have experience in security or whatever training prison guards go through then don't try it.

 

[Sketcher]

How is $200 a month plus room and board (since it's Flint, I'm going to guess that it comes to less than $1000 a month total) worth living with six criminals? Do you know how much prison guards are paid?

Also, Craigslist job offers are not for the faint of heart, freelance anything is a roll of the dice. At least visible companies are afraid to overtly defraud you of your wages because they know the government is watching them. Individual clients, not so much. Best way to do freelance is to have a business model like the Ghostbusters - if the client doesn't pay, they just put it back.

 

[Maka]

Wow thanks for checking that out for me.

And thank the rest of you for your advice. I'll definitely stay away.

Happy to hear you're staying away, it sounds shady and even if it's legit it still sounds dangerous.

 

[fdsfndls]

For $200 (considering free room and board) = $1000.
I'd pray, but you're dealing with criminals. Unless you have that kind of background - I'd be wary.
PS. Most people would commit crimes jailworthy if pushed. How many people abort or cheat and ruin their kids lives. Crime is relative. How many take risks while driving (or household risks.)
How many sell their kids - most in this society.
If everyone knew everything about other people - how many of us would really deserve to live?

This man might be just good hearted. Ex-cons however...... (do unto others)

 

[Saucy]

LOL my sister told me: You're just wait too nice for a job like that

 

[SnowyMacie]

Can't you report possible scams?

 

[Saucy]

But I don't know if it's a scam or not. It may not be something I can do, but I'm not going to report a legitimate thing. Only if I get scammed should I report it.