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Infographics
Fair Chance Hiring is Good for the Bottom Line
Why Hiring People Out of Prison Will Be Your Next Workforce Strategy – Businesses talked about the benefits of hiring people with criminal records and the government obstacles to doing so during a roundtable hosted by the White House.
Embracing Formerly Incarcerated Workers: Things HR Should Consider – One of the biggest business woes of 2019 is the extremely tight labor market. Businesses from all sectors are having trouble finding talent and even more trouble retaining the talent they currently have.
Five Bottom Line Reasons Why Employers Should Hire Ex-Felons – There is no city in the nation that’s growing faster than the population of 70 million Americans with criminal records. As one of them, former real estate developer R.L. Pelshaw is determined to turn this costly societal burden into an opportunity.
Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Have Skills!
16 years in prison and 3 college degrees: How one man found redemption through education – These are the words of Sean Pica, who found himself in prison at the age of 16, staring down a 24-year sentence. Young, shy, and ashamed of what he’d done, Sean found himself trying to grow up and survive in prison – all at the same time.
From Prison To College: How A Formerly Incarcerated Student Overcame The Odds To Graduate – Cline, a 51-year-old black man and Chicago native, just graduated from college. He has a bachelor’s degree in social work. He also co-founded a non-profit to help those battling addiction, and he recently landed a job as a case manager at a substance abuse treatment facility in Champaign, Illinois.
Incarceration Creates Poverty and is Bad for Health; Employment Helps
Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality – Encounters with the criminal justice system can depress wages for the entirety of a career. Black and Latino Americans suffer these consequences most acutely.
Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people – Formerly incarcerated people need stable jobs for the same reasons as everyone else: to support themselves and their loved ones, pursue life goals, and strengthen their communities.
How Incarceration Affects the Health of Communities and Families – Emerging evidence suggests that negative health consequences of incarceration are felt not only by those who have experienced it but also by their families and individuals in their communities.
The Impact of Unemployment on Mental and Physical Health, Access to Health Care and Health Risk Behaviors – The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of employment status and unemployment duration on perceived health, access to health care, and health risk behaviors.
Low Recidivism
New Study Finds 1% Recidivism Rate Among Released Philly Juvenile Lifers – A new study conducted by Montclair State University researchers has found a recidivism rate (defined as reconviction for any offense) of just 1.14% among people who were sentenced as juveniles in Philadelphia to life without the possibility of parole and then subsequently released.
Immediate Access to Employment Reduces Recidivism – More than half a million people are released from federal and state jails and prisons in this country each year. Following their release, roughly two-thirds of ex-offenders are arrested for a new offense within three years resulting in a seemingly unbreakable vicious cycle.
Racial Disparities in U.S. Criminal Justice System
Interview with Clint Smith: Racial Injustice and Youth Sentencing – Clint Smith is a prominent writer, teacher, and Harvard Ph.D. candidate. We spoke with him about the ongoing issue of racial injustice and its effects on our criminal justice system and youth sentencing in this country.
Written Submission of the American Civil Liberties Union on Racial Disparities in Sentencing – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) welcomes this opportunity to submit written testimony to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for its hearing on racism in the criminal justice system ofthe United States.
Black Youth Are Disproportionately Sentenced to Juvenile Life Without Parole – America is the only country in the world that allows life sentences without the possibility of parole for people under the age of 18.
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Human Rights Watch would like to express our appreciation to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the “Committee”) for this opportunity to provide it with information on the United States’ compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“ICERD”).
