The employment prospects of ex-offenders
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In 2005, over 2 million U.S. residents were in prisons or jails. The incarceration rate, 737 of every 100,000 U.S. residents, was over five times the rate among European Community nations. Moreover, the current high incarceration rate and the increases over the past 30 years represent a significant departure from the incarceration levels that characterized much of the 20th century. For example, prior to the 1970s, the number of inmates in state and federal prisons consistently hovered around 110 per 100,000. Since 1970, this rate has increased by more than fourfold.
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Attitudes of employers, corrective services workers, employment support workers, and prisoners and offenders towards employing ex-prisoners and ex-offenders
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