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Opinion: Hiring Returning Citizens Is Good for Business

Chicago Tribune By Jamie Dimon and Arne Duncan Even as the labor market tightens and more than 6 million U.S. jobs remain unfilled, the search f...

JPMorgan Wants to Hire People with Criminal Backgrounds

CNN Business By Anneken Tappe JPMorgan wants to give people with criminal records a second chance at a good job. The United States is boasting...

Parole Reforms Promise Prison Cost Savings

The Times Herald “He who opens a school door, closes a prison,” said French author Victor Hugo. Perhaps it’s not an apples and oranges compariso...

Watch: Employ Milwaukee Second Chance Highlights

Employ Milwaukee This video from Employ Milwaukee in Wisconsin highlights the partnership between corrections and workforce syst...

Prisoner Reentry Program in New Jersey Gets $1M Grant to Help End 'Tragic Cycle' of Killings

NJ.com By Noah Cohen Officials on Thursday announced a Newark prisoner reentry program that will focus on providing services, including employme...

Out of Prison, but Struggling for Health Care

Star Tribune By Glenn Howatt On his release from prison in December 2013, Gregory Odeneal had secured a place to live. He had studied his respon...

Work for Success Causes More than 1,000 Businesses to Hire Nearly 2,000 New Yorkers

Riverheadlocal.com Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced updated placement numbers and other significant accomplishments in connecting formerly ...

Opinion: Tightening Access to Criminal Records

BusinessWest.com By Brad McDougall The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a criminal-justice reform bill that narrows the ability of empl...

State Program Gives Inmates Their Voice Back

Albuquerque Journal By Matthew Reisen With only months remaining on a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, 38-year-old Justin Mack says he wan...

Solano Program Graduates Embrace New Life

The Reporter By Melissa Murphy "I am accepting the new me." "The new me is not scared or afraid of taking on new challenges," said Ashland Ti...

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