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Job Fair for Convicted Felons

By Michael Blankenship

More than 3,000 people turned out in downtown Houston, Texas, Wednesday for a job fair designed for convicted felons. Read more... What a sensational idea. Here is why: Lavell Byrd was just one of the people who came out in search of work. He told KHOU that he hadn't had a full-time position since December. "I'm an ex-con, and that's the main thing that's holding me back," Byrd said to KHOU. "It's a very, very, very hard thing that people still look at what you did in the past and not what you can do in the future." Giving people like Byrd a chance to succeed and be a productive part of the work force is in the interest of all of us, said council member Johnson. If ex-criminals can't find jobs, they're more likely to land back in prison, he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).