{"id":117836,"date":"2024-03-25T14:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//?post_type=article&p=117836"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:36:57","slug":"jobs-coffee-criminal-employment","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//economy/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//03/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//25/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836//jobs-coffee-criminal-employment","title":{"rendered":"The Coffee Shops Countering Recidivism"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n
When people leave prison, they quickly find themselves on trial once again/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u2014not in a court of law but rather in the court of public opinion. This court may not be able to put them behind bars, but it can limit them from just about everything else, including housing options and work opportunities. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n
That was the case for Duke Dalke. After spending six months behind bars, he tried to return to his previous line of work as a leader in the beverage industry in the greater Chicago area./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n
/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u201cAfter being released from prison I could not find a job,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u201d Dalke says. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u201cWhen it got to a background check, or just being honest and disclosing my history, they would close up the folder and say, /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u2018Thanks but no thanks,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u2019/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u201d Dalke says. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n
According to a 2023 report in the Journal of Labor and Employment Law, 60% of employers said they would not hire someone with a criminal record. According to the report, 87% of all employers said they do background checks prior to employment across all sectors. For clerical, service, and sales jobs it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u2019s even higher, at 90%. As a result, 60 to 75% of people who were formerly incarcerated remain unemployed a year after leaving prison./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/u00a0/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117836/n