justice

This playbook helps companies navigate the process for hiring and supporting people returning from incarceration, breaking down everything from legal and HR hurdles to the human elements of making hiring programs a long-term success. Divided into discrete, bite-sized content, it makes it easier for companies to answer the question, “Where to begin?”

People exiting incarceration often struggle to find a job—and the idea of a full-fledged career is almost beyond conceiving. But through private and public partnerships, formerly incarcerated individuals are provided with professional development in leadership, entrepreneurship, and technological skills. Small scale successes show the promise of pre-release interventions, and the benefit of breaking the stigma of a criminal record.

Justice reform should put community members with direct experience into the driver’s seat.