Employees with a previous criminal record have already served their time in the justice system — but challenges finding work and assimilating to corporate life can feel like fresh punishment.
Between 70-100 million Americans have some type of criminal record, according to the Sentencing Project, a research and advocacy organization. Once they leave the justice system, the unemployment rate for those with a criminal background is 27%, according to analysis by the Prison Policy Initiative, compared to the national unemployment rate of just 3.5%.
