Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn An estimated 64 percent of unemployed men in the United States have been arrested by the age of 35 while 46 percent of them have been convicted of a crime by the same age, with the rates varying only slightly by race and ethnicity, according to a…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In January 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report entitled “Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace” that reviewed the financial issues facing people and families who come in contact with the criminal justice system, according to a news release from the CFPB. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 10, 2022, the Utah “Clean Slate” law that expunges certain types of misdemeanor criminal records automatically will officially take effect to help the residents of Utah who have some type of criminal record that may prevent them from accessing jobs, housing, education, loans, and other…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 26, 2022, a federal judge in a U.S. District Court in New York City said a convicted murderer who served 23 years in prison may pursue a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. and its Whole Foods unit after he was turned down for…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 4, 2022, Harris County in Texas adopted a “Ban the Box” policy that will prohibit most county departments from asking about the criminal history of job applicants and remove the box on county employment applications that applicants must check if they have a criminal record,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 20, 2019, former United States President Donald J. Trump signed into law the “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020” (S. 1790) that included a “Ban the Box” bill called the ‘‘Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘Fair Chance…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 10, 2021, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center launched the Fair Chance Licensing Project in an unprecedented effort to track fair chance licensing practices across all 50 United States to reduce barriers to employment for ex-offenders with criminal records and address the current talent…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 20, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) announced a new effort to identify and correct violations of the Fair Chance Act, a pioneering state “Ban the Box” law that seeks to reduce barriers to employment for ex-offenders with criminal histories, according…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Job seekers applying for work with the Orange County, Florida, government “will no longer have to disclose prior criminal convictions at the beginning of the application process” thanks to a “Ban the Box” hiring policy adopted by officials to improve access to employment for ex-offenders, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 30, 2021, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that fifteen companies had agreed to stop including language about the criminal history of applicants in their job advertisements and to make changes to…
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