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ProfessorOat · 5140 days ago · link ·
This article does a good job of relating this incident to the wider problems of our prison system. After release, they are in no way prepared to become a functioning, productive member of society. Furthermore, even if they aspire to reform once released, they will find that few will want to hire them, which in turn leads back to crime.
Here [http://www.princeton.edu/~pager/race_at_work.pdf] is a PDF that focuses on the racial issues of the NYC job market for released inmates. While it is mostly about the difference between white and black/Hispanic job applicants, the methodology of the study is particularly revealing of a problem that many seem to think is nonexistent.