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Employment applications could not ask about criminal history to reduce recidivism

By Hicbd
Tue Nov 13 2012 5:13 pm

"Ban the Box" laws could be passed and policies could be enacted to prevent or lessen discrimination against screening and hiring former prisoners for employment.

URL:
http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/2011/CityandCountyHiringInitiatives.pdf?nocdn=1
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6220
http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/sen_25_eassys.pdf

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Categories:
Global Poverty Criminal Justice Systems U.S. Poverty Prison Recidivism / Future Crime / Ex-Offenders

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