Words matter. And how we refer to people who are – or were formerly – incarcerated matter more than most. At Jails to Jobs we have struggled since our early days to try to determine the words to use that […]
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Berkeley Underground Scholars find systemic policy changes, not necessarily higher education, is key to ex-offender hiring success
A recent study at UC Berkeley by the Berkeley Underground Scholars found that a college degree isn’t as much of a benefit to previously incarcerated job seekers as one might expect. To overcome the hiring bias against those with criminal […]