Proponents say hiring 18 year-olds is a win-win: Recent graduates fill a critical staffing need and jump-start their career right out of high school. Critics say teenagers lack the emotional maturity needed to work with inmates. Who is correct? The post Texas prisons and jails are recruiting more teenagers to shore up guard shortage appeared first on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.| Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Two transportation pilot projects – one in New York City and the other in North Carolina – are helping people who have been formerly incarcerated enter the workforce. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCI) worked together […] The post New trucking and transport programs help the formerly incarcerated find jobs in NYC and North Carolina, creating a national model appeared first on Jails to Jobs.| Jails to Jobs
Community Cycles of California has created a program to teach those with barriers to employment how to start a business.| Jails to Jobs