In 2018, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducted a survey on employer attitudes towards hiring individuals with a criminal record. In its published findings SHRM reported that HR professionals expressed a greater willingness to hire someone with a criminal record. Yet the same survey found that only 32% of those polled had a formal policy facilitating such hiring decisions.
Read MoreWhat can Happen when an Employment Background Check Gets the Facts Wrong. Today, close to 90% of employers check to see if a new employee has a criminal background. Sometimes these reports contain inaccurate information. What you can do to fix this.
Read MoreReducing Barriers to College Admissions For Those Who Have a Criminal Record: There is a huge benefit to educating the incarcerated: they are far less likely to re-offend after being released from prison. How do we reduce barriers to college admissions for those who have a criminal record?
Read MoreToday most college applications include a criminal history question. Only two states, Louisiana and Washington, currently regulate when an institution can ask an applicant whether he/she has a criminal background.
Read MoreI listened to the case of a man who’d lost his Green Card some years back and was now facing deportation because of an old felony drug conviction. Although federal immigration authorities ordered the man deported in 2006, at that time his country of origin did not honor such requests. A year or so ago, immigration authorities notified the man that it was renewing its efforts to deport him. Can he petition for executive clemency in Illinois?
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Ever since Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker took office a year ago those who represent individuals petitioning for clemency wondered how he would exercise his executive clemency authority.
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