WHY do ex-offenders check the box "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?"

[morningfog]

50. Here's how it would go, because you don't understand:

A parolee has a parole officer who keeps very close tabs on them. Unless you've experienced it or worked with the system, you have no idea how intrusive and closely a parolee is watched.

If a parolee is hired somewhere they have to report that to their PO. Their PO may then follow up with the employer to make sure they really have a job and what the duties and hours are. If the PO calls and the employer says, "oh, they didn't indicate on their application that they were an ex-offender," the parolee could and probably would be given a violation of parole. It could easily end in a revocation and return to custody. A parolee is expected to be damn near perfect. It would be a stupid and unnecessary thing to lie on an application because they would almost certainly get caught.

If you have an experience of parolees lying, getting caught and not suffering a consequence, I'd love to hear about it. If you are just wanting to talk out of you ass, save it.