Probation: My Profession, My Lifetime Employment, My Passion

Probation: My Profession, My Lifetime Employment, My Passion

This article details the experiences of Sylvia J. Johnson during the period of 1960s when she was acting as a probation lawyer. During that time, she had to deal with cases related to the Hispanics and blacks, who were targets of racial profiling. This article portrays her feelings and experiences, which were filled with pain, love, hope and friendship for the people suffering from poverty and racial isolation. The racial conflicts were between the blacks, whites and Hispanics. The poor people nowadays are better informed, and are ...