Ban the Box is a policy that would affect the application process. If this legislation passed, then applicants for employment would no longer need to “check the box” on whether they have committed a crime or been arrested in the last 5, 10, or 15 years.
Social Issue It has long been policy in the USA to disenfranchise or take away certain citizenship rights of those who are in or have been imprisoned, due to criminal actions. From convict leasing and sexual abuse while in prison, to loss of voting rights and accessible employment when out of prison. An ex-felon walks around with a label that Americans have put an exclusionary value on. What people don’t often realize is that this label of ex-felon is much more common than they think and in fact hurts themselves as well. Let me further explain by clarifying that there are estimations and that none of these statistics can be perfectly precise because they talk about a large group of people. In 2010 It was estimated that 1 in 10 people had a felony conviction in the USA (Suede, 2010). Conversely, it was estimated that 1 in 8 people had a felony conviction in 2008 (Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2010). That’s about …show more content…
There will be more people working, which means more taxable income. There will be less correctional fees, which means less tax money will go to housing inmates and more tax money will be going to other government projects (social welfare programs, military, school funding, etc.). On a more personal level, ex-felons will at the very least can gain valuable interviewing experience that can help them explain their unique story to future employers that may be more inclined to hire ex-felons. By putting more people to work that have been imprisoned once, we can lower recidivism rates, which will in turn create neighborhoods that have less crime. Less crime means safer homes for everyone (Trocko M.,
Social Issue It has long been policy in the USA to disenfranchise or take away certain citizenship rights of those who are in or have been imprisoned, due to criminal actions. From convict leasing and sexual abuse while in prison, to loss of voting rights and accessible employment when out of prison. An ex-felon walks around with a label that Americans have put an exclusionary value on. What people don’t often realize is that this label of ex-felon is much more common than they think and in fact hurts themselves as well. Let me further explain by clarifying that there are estimations and that none of these statistics can be perfectly precise because they talk about a large group of people. In 2010 It was estimated that 1 in 10 people had a felony conviction in the USA (Suede, 2010). Conversely, it was estimated that 1 in 8 people had a felony conviction in 2008 (Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2010). That’s about …show more content…
There will be more people working, which means more taxable income. There will be less correctional fees, which means less tax money will go to housing inmates and more tax money will be going to other government projects (social welfare programs, military, school funding, etc.). On a more personal level, ex-felons will at the very least can gain valuable interviewing experience that can help them explain their unique story to future employers that may be more inclined to hire ex-felons. By putting more people to work that have been imprisoned once, we can lower recidivism rates, which will in turn create neighborhoods that have less crime. Less crime means safer homes for everyone (Trocko M.,