Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Mar 06 2025 02:04:00

KW>Yes, given the issues that a low-income person has getting employment
  >after checking "Yes" on the box on a job application that asks if you
  >were ever arrested/incarcerated - let alone apply for a job that
  >requires a background check.

KW>If there are no hundrances to employment from the first incarceration,
  >maybe the rate of recidivism will go down? It's worth a thought
  >experiment at the very least - except that law enforcement and
  >incarceration are well down the road of becoming for-profit enterprises.

The sort of help they would come up with in Canada might be something
like the gov't paying part of the salary for the first while for
employees that a company takes a chance on hiring with some minor
criminal record. As you suggest, it doesn't do anyone any good to
keep them from having a chance at ever earning an honest living.

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