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NY: Prosecutors fight rule in new state drug laws that lets records be sealed

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prosecutors fight rule in new state drug laws that lets records be sealed By Joseph Spector ? Albany Bureau ? May 28, 2009 District attorneys across New York are criticizing a little-known provision in the state's new drug laws that lets judges seal the records of drug offenders from potential employers. Prosecutors said the provision of the law, which takes effect June 8, could hide the past of offenders from employers, including for jobs such as school bus drivers, day-care workers or bank tellers. "If you look at the list of jobs and licenses that you are going to be able to get without having your criminal drug activity revealed to a potential employer, [it's] remarkable," said Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who heads the state's district attorneys association...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).