Locked Out of Jobs, Formerly Incarcerated Struggle to Reintegrate

Firedoglake writes, To help the recently incarcerated overcome hiring bias, programs such as the Center for Employment Opportunities assemble them into work crews, paid at fair rates. (Center for Employment Opportunities) Originally posted at In These Times Thanks to our harsh criminal justice policies and anti-drug laws, an extraordinary number of Americans will spend some part of their lives in the prison system. As a society, we’re finally starting to rethink the policies driving the explosion in imprisonment: the “tough on crime” measures that have shattered communities and families for over a…

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