Missouri Among States Pursuing Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms

Authors

Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, National Employment Law Project
Jeanette Mott Oxford, Empower Missouri

Abstract

The United States has the appalling distinction of leading the world with its incarceration rate, which is five times that of other countries. One in thirty-five U.S. adults is under some form of correctional supervision. The result is that seventy million people—nearly one in three U.S. adults—must endure the stigma of having an arrest or conviction record. Any contact with the criminal justice system, no matter how minor, can be a modern-day scarlet letter.

Recommended Citation

Rodriguez, Michelle Natividad and Oxford, Jeanette Mott (2017) "Missouri Among States Pursuing Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms," Missouri Policy Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 5, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62608/2330-930X.1011
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/mpj/vol1/iss5/5