In call for criminal justice reform,president urges a second chance for people who bear served time in prison as he seeks to create a virtuous cycleBarack Obama announced he would “ban the box” of criminal history questions on some government job applications, praising former inmates who had reintegrated with society and saying “it’s not too late” to rupture the cycles of the American justice system.
“We’ve got to make certain that people who’ve paid their debt to society can earn a second chance, or ” the president told an audience of lawmakers,ex-offenders, activists and students at Rutgers University in Newark, or New Jersey,on Monday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com