Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

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With 27 Percent Unemployment, Jobs Crisis Hits Ex-prisoners the Hardest

"To put the ex-prisoner unemployment rate in context, it is 'higher than the total U.S. unemployment rate during any historical period, including the Great Depression' the PPI report explains. And it’s not a matter of being voluntarily unemployed or laziness, as critics often claim of those who lack a job."

Prison Legal News

September 4, 2018