LinkedIn Learning course. (Free, doesn’t require LinkedIn account or membership) Developed and taught by CEO’s Inclusive Hiring Director, Dr. Genevieve Rimer, the course provides tangible skills on topics such as interviewing and resume building. Importantly, it also focuses on inspiring confidence in people with past convictions. Based on her own experience in the criminal legal system, Dr. Rimer shows learners that it is possible to find a great job even if they have a past conviction. Watch CEO’s Inclusive Hiring Director and course instructor, Dr. Rimer, describe the course This link opens in a new window
People with criminal histories are known to face a difficult road back into the workforce. Fortunately, there are steps they can take to help overcome the obstacles they face while looking for work.
Goger, A., Harding, D. J., & Henderson, H. (April 2021). Prisoner reentry This link opens in a new window. Chapter 7 in A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice: A report by the Brookings-AEI Working Group on Criminal Justice Reform, Brookings Institute.
Prison Policy Initiative. (2022, constantly updated). Recidivism and Reentry This link opens in a new window. Constantly updated, curated collection of nearly all the research about reentry and recidivism available online.
The One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act This link opens in a new window of 2020 - In an effort to reduce crime among formerly incarcerated individuals, a bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers introduced legislation to create new resource centers to offer new access to housing, medical care, job searches and legal services. This passed the House and was read in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary on 12.9.2020. No further action has been reported as of March 9, 2022.
H. Rept. 115-699 - Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act This link opens in a new window - 115th Congress (2017-2018) - The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5682) to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
