“Almost one 1 in 3 adults have a criminal record and finding a job when you have a past arrest or conviction has never been easy. Its completely inhumane to make felons pay for the rest of their life. If a felon can’t be an housekeeper then you might as well sentence everyone to life. Their needs to be common sense reform including opening doors to gainful employment by eliminating senseless legal barriers to jobs and reducing extra burdens such as fines and fees that add to the considerable economic burden of those reentering society. Beyond the regulatory barriers, some states and the District of Columbia have enacted “ban the box” legislation to discourage discrimination against ex-offenders in the hiring process. Employers can ask about prior convictions only after a tentative job offer. While a conviction may cause the offer to be withdrawn, reformers hope that the relevance or irrelevance of that conviction, rather than the existence of the conviction at all, should be the determining factor. Failure to reform the criminal justice system unjustly punishes those who have already served their sentences. Regulatory and legal obstacles cause incalculable loss to our economy by keeping well-intentioned ex-offenders out on the street or back in jail instead of back with their family’s”
rtt88man via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/21