The Consequences Of Hiring Prisoners

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Many people do not want to hire prisoners. People think that all prisoners are eventually going to go back to prison. This is a reason why employers might not want to hire an ex prisoner, they believe that they will have to find a new worker down the road because they expect them to fail. Another reason they do not want to hire an ex con is because they believe that prisoners will always fall back into their old habits and this can affect their business successfulness. Lastly, another reason they do not want to hire is they are not skilled enough and why not give a job to a person who does not have a felony and has experience. But that is not all true prisoners are trying to move on from their past and have learned the consequences. Giving

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