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What is DEI Doing for the Formerly Incarcerated?

A 2018 estimate of unemployment among the five million formerly incarcerated people living in the U.S. found that they are “unemployed at a rate of over 27% — higher than the total U.S. unemployment rate during any historical period, including the Great Depression.”  In this article, author LeRon L. Barton poses the question: What role is the DEI sector playing in this fight?

DEIA for the Formerly Incarcerated
Citation
What is DEI Doing for the Formerly Incarcerated?
Author(s)
LeRon L. Barton
Publisher
Harvard Business Review
Publication Date
9/6/2021

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