The lie of home detention

[nzoomed]

Working real jobs is part of rehab. Working is a privilege, getting paid, paying tax, it is one of the benefits of being a responsible adult. Some need to learn that.

The point being home D takes them out of the prison system so they can maintain family and social ties and with luck benefit from that. It is also cheaper than incarceration...

I agree that getting them jobs is part of the rehab, but there needs to be a system where they are placed in a form of supervised employment for some time anyway.
It sounds like the others on the job site were not happy to work with him from what I'm hearing on the radio, not exactly the most ideal thing to have in the workplace, especially if others on the site don't know him or his history.