State legislatures are making efforts to assist people who have committed crimes in the past, and are out of jail, be accepted in society. Quite often, those who have served their time in jail have a hard time establishing a…
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Criminal justice reform needs to be a top priority in Tennessee
by State Rep. Brenda Gilmore •
The United States criminal justice system is the largest in the world. In a report of the Sentencing Project to the United Nations Human Rights Committee filed 3 years ago, approximately 7 million individuals were under some form of correctional…
Jobs after jail: Ending the prison to poverty pipeline
by PRIDE Newsdesk •
About 70 million people in the U.S have a felony or serious misdemeanor arrest or a conviction that could impact their ability to find a job – locking a big part of our country out of stable, good-paying employment. For…
Metro’s Civil Service Commission ‘bans the box’
by PRIDE Newsdesk •
After a year-and-a-half-long grassroots campaign that garnered support from nearly 10,000 community members and approximately 70 congregations and organizations, Metro’s Civil Service Commission voted to direct Metro Human Resources to implement a Ban the Box or ‘fair chance hiring’ policy…
Election Commission throws out “Ban the Box” petition
by PRIDE Newsdesk •
The Davidson County Election Commission announced that they were able to verify only 5,902 of the 9,500 signatures submitted endorsing a ‘Ban the Box’ charter referendum (945 fewer than the required 6,847) on June 11. Expecting some rejections, Ban the…
Operation ‘Ban the Box’
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
Now is the time for those genuinely concerned with changing the negative plight of many people with felonies to make a concretive effort to right a wrong. We are describing the numerous men and women unable to secure employment because…