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“Criminal-record barriers meant to promote safety often have the perverse effect of preventing people from accessing employment, education, housing, and financial security, all of which have been shown to decrease recidivism. Eliminating barriers that aren’t tailored to real risks would promote safety by supporting reentry and rehabilitation.”
What does society or the people who comprise it benefit from banishing felons into a permanent lower class?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/criminal-record-erased/679408/Published at
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