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Quentin (not his real name) was convicted eight years ago of child pornography possession in Florida. He served his time and has since moved to another state. But his sentence required his photo and other personal details to appear on Florida’s sex offender registry, and there they will stay for the rest of his life, even if he never sets

The stocks of the two biggest private prison operators — CoreCivic (formerly know as Corrections Corp. of America) and Geo Group — have doubled since election day. CoreCivic (CXW) is up 140% since Trump won in November; Geo Group (GEO) has risen 98%. For all the talk about how good Trump has been for big banks like Goldman Sachs, he’s

From: Notes from the Handbasket Jeffrey Korzenik, chief investment strategist of Fifth Third Bank, advocates for the employment of those with felony records. In the July 2, 2018 Barron’s, he looks at today’s economy, and wonders how to maintain growth with a shrinking pool of workers from which to draw. He writes, Until recently, employers had a ready supply of unemployed

SOURCE: Politico.com Each year, about 23,000 inmates like Camper leave prisons in Ohio, and 640,000 are released from prisons across the country. Nearly two-thirds of them can’t find a job within the first year and a majority of them are arrested again within three years. Not getting a job doesn’t hurt just the former inmate, it hits the whole economy.

Two years ago, the Connecticut legislature was introduced to a bunch of “sex offender” bills for consideration. Rather than vote on the new bills before them, they decided to appoint a committee to examine the current laws to see whether they were effective. This committee, which was comprised of approximately 40 members who are stakeholders on all sides of the

The following is a list of potential candidates Donald Trump has offered as a replacement for the Supreme Court seat being vacated next month by Justice Kennedy, who is retiring. Amy Coney Barrett, 46. of Indiana. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Former law professor at the University of Notre Dame. Nominated to the Seventh Circuit by Donald Trump