A Choice of Unsavoury Words: JJ, Once More, With Feeling.

So, back in August, the guy who I referred to a few times as my little brother from another mother -- JJ -- had completed his sentence and was released from prison.

He had done the entirety of his sentence, no gain time earned on a mandatory time based sentence, so only had to follow a set of rules on his release. The nature of why he served his sentence, however, allowed Florida to continue to deploy a target painter on him and increase the difficulty to live after completing that behind-the-wires sentence: law enforcement went around and notified people that he was present in the neighborhood fresh off a sentence, where he lived, etc.
Encounters with law enforcement as a recent ex-prisoner are contraindicated, so... I saw my little bro on the rec yard today as I was returning from work. :(

How the F--- is THAT Right?

No, don't skip that question.

It's so damned uneven, when you look at the picture for details.
Sell meth and get busted? Register with law enforcement, have a good day.
Shoot people and do time? Register with law enforcement, have a good day.
Embezzle funds and live in prison for a bit? Register with law enforcement, have a good day.
Steal from stores and filch a pair of steel bracelets for your troubles? Register with law enforcement, have a good day.
But once you commit or even attempt to commit one specific subset of crimes, the State of Florida brands you for LIFE. Your driver's license or ID card bears the scarlet lettering telling that gas station clerk what you did five, fifteen, thirty years ago when all you wanted was $35 on pump 6, a scratch-off ticket, and a 1 liter soda.

It doesn't read MURDERER.
It doesn't read EMBEZZLER.
It doesn't read DRUG DEALER -- excuse me, "Unlicensed Street Corner Pharmacist".
It doesn't even read THIEF.

In which I know it's an unpopular topic, but hell, no-one deserves to have permanent advertisements of whatever they did in their past when they served their prison sentence enshrined in their daily life.
Yes, they did it. They were caught, or even turned themselves in while asking for help. They served their prison sentence of however many years the court threw them away for, often without access to behavioral health counseling and vocational training that would have helped them even more during their stay.

It should honestly be illegal for any state to perpetuate a punishment beyond the length of one's prison sentence.

This is why I have my little brother back.

Sigh.