and in operating their own project, can help the public to understand. As individuals have been helped by this group activity, they in turn become responsible for the next parolees that they might have the same opportunity.

Jan Marinissen, Rehabilitation Seoretary, American Friends Service Committee, San Francisco, told of work he had been doing at San Quentin prison in trying to get employment for the prisoner before his release. The stumbling block is to obtain permission for the prisoner's temporary release in the custody of some responsible person for interview purposes. Attempts in bringing the employer to the prison have proved detrimental psychologically.

Charles Ivens, Selective Placement Interview Division, California State Department of Employment, San Francisco, noted that if good judgment was practiced in placing individuals in the right job, this would make it possible for others to be helped.

WHO CAN GET OTHERS INTERESTED?

"We need the kind of people who can get others interested in the problem, "Mr. Rowan pointed out, "and this must extend beyond the do-gooder class." He suggested top level citizens and industrial leaders. The successfully adjusted offender, too, could be used as an example.

Mr. Gilbert told of an occasion when a public committee was brought to a prison in Texas to observe first-hand the prison habitat. They arrived in the evening and so were housed over night in the cells. Although this was probably a gimmick, it was an effective way to bring home the point.

WHAT EMPLOYMENT OPEN TO OFFENDERS?

Mr. Ivens seemed to think that anything in the service type industries (waiters, etc.) would be more open to a sex offender parolee than any other type of employment.

The panel agreed generally that the sex offender would have a better chance for employment than a thief, for instance, since the thief would pose a greater threat to the employer.

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