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America’s criminal justice disgrace: How Apple’s ban of former felons reveals the long road to real reform

April 18, 2015 By Babz Rawls Ivy, Online Editor Leave a Comment

Barring ex-felons from employment affronts their civil rights, the Sentencing Project's Nicole Porter tells Salon Apple likes to present itself as on the cutting edge of not only business and technology but culture, too. Which is one of the reasons why there was more shock and outrage than usual when people found out that one of the rules the company had made for construction workers building their new corporate campus was ineligibility for anyone who’d been convicted of a felony within the previous seven years. With criminal justice reform becoming an increasingly large focus of American politics — especially among the progressive, cosmopolitan and young people who are seen as the archetypal Apple users — the … [Read more...]

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