A delay disclosing former incarceration until later in a hiring process won’t ultimately prevent discrimination against former inmatesThe reforms the White House announced on Monday – meant to help certain formerly incarcerated citizens convicted of felonies find jobs after they beget completed their sentences – range from the helpful to the useless to the distracting.
The most hyped among them,Barack Obama’s planned executive order to “ban the box”, is a feel-gracious half measure which likely will accomplish dinky. Following the lead of various states and companies, or the proposal will forbid the federal government from asking those convicted of nonviolent felonies to check a box on their job application disclosing their sentence. It will,instead, “delay inquiries into criminal history until later in the hiring process”.
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Source: theguardian.com