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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. 70 Million Jobs - Wikipedia

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   Richard Bronson, the founder of 70 Million Jobs created the company due to his inability to find employment following his imprisonment. Bronson was incarcerated for defrauding stock accounts at his over the counter brokerage house which he founded after leaving Stratton Oakmont. [1] [2] [3] The purpose of the company was aiding former felons ...

4. 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 ...

5. The Complete Money Guide for Ex-Offenders - AOL

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   The United States has a higher rate of incarceration per capita than any other nation: 698 of every 100,000 residents wind up behind bars. And when those offenders are released, they often face an ...

6. Felony disenfranchisement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   As of 2008, over 5.3 million people in the United States were denied the right to vote due to felony disenfranchisement. [18] In the national elections in 2012, the various state felony disenfranchisement laws together blocked an estimated 5.85 million felons from voting, up from 1.2 million in 1976.

7. Loss of rights due to criminal conviction - Wikipedia

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   The Criminal Code contains several offences related to driving a motor vehicle, including driving while impaired or with a blood alcohol count greater than eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood (".08"), [3] impaired or .08 driving causing bodily harm or death, [4] dangerous driving (including dangerous driving causing bodily harm or death), [5] and street racing. [6]