How a Jackson nonprofit started helping those once incarcerated find jobs
Richard Boykin works 10-hour days loading pallets of Pepsi products into trucks.
Boykin was released from prison in June. He said having a job keeps him focused and is helping him rebuild his life.
"It's busy," the 33-year-old Crystal Springs resident said about his job, which he likes. "With slow work, time is slow, and everything is."
Boykin, who started working about a month ago, had help finding employment from Jackson-based Mississippi Prison Industries Corp., a nonprofit that started a program to help the formerly incarcerated find work and reenter society.