In The Thick: The Fight to Ban the Box

The Fight to Ban the Box

Feb 22, 2019

No matter if she was trying to find a job or get an education, kept finding the same problem: on the application forms, she would have to declare that she had a past conviction. Maria and Julio talk to Leyla about her experience, how she got to graduate from Columbia and why she founded the .

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Hiring ex-offenders can actually led to more profitable businesses, according to The Guardian.
From the Vera Institute of Justice: Postsecondary education in prison increases employment among the formerly incarcerated.