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2. Employment discrimination against persons with criminal ...

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   As of 2008, 6.6 to 7.4 percent, or about one in 15 working-age adults were ex-felons. [4] According to an estimate from 2000, there were over 12 million felons in the United States, representing roughly 8% of the working-age population. [5].In 2016, 6.1 million people were disenfranchised due to convictions, representing 2.47% of voting-age ...

3. Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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   However, convicted criminals who are medically able to work are typically required to do so in roles such as food service, warehouse work, plumbing, painting, or as inmate orderlies. [15] According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates earn between 12-40 cents per hour for these jobs, which is below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per ...

4. Work release - Wikipedia

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   Work release programs have the ability to have a positive impact on inmates and their ability to gain employment after they are released. Also, inmates who participate in work release programs are able to acquire jobs nearly twice as fast when compared to inmates who do not participate.

5. Judge Batchelor: Finding a job can be the way out of crime ...

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   The program operates on a $30,000 annual state grant. Seven drug offenders were placed in a lockup rehabilitation facility operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction with all ...

6. Employment discrimination against persons with criminal ...

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   According to the document on Title VII Challenges to Employment Discrimination, between 25% and 40% of ex-offenders are unemployed and job prospects for criminal offenders are only expected to worsen as employers continue to gain easier and cheaper access to criminal records.

7. Former felons navigate the complexities of housing ... - AOL

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   A third installment will explore the obstacles to steady employment and finding an employer willing to take a chance on an ex-convict. ... Former felons re-entry advocates for restorative ...