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New state law aims to help former prisoners get jobs
In most cases, employers will not be able to ask job applicants about criminal history until later in the hiring process.
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A new state law that bars employers from using job applications to ask about applicants’ past crimes “removes one of the most impactful and challenging barriers” for people released from prison to rejoin Maine’s workforce, the state’s corrections commissioner said.
Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty, former warden of the Maine State Prison, told legislators the measure, signed into law this month by Gov. Janet Mills, should help the more than 1,000 individuals who are released from custody each year have a better shot at steering clear of criminal activity in the future.
Updated July 26
New state laws aims to help former inmates find jobs
In most cases, employers will not be allowed to ask applicants about criminal history on applications, though they can do so during job interviews. .
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A new state law that bars employers from using job applications to ask about applicants’ past crimes “removes one of the most impactful and challenging barriers” to having released inmates rejoin Maine’s workforce, the state’s corrections commissioner said.
Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty, former warden of the Maine State Prison, told legislators the measure, signed into law this month by Gov. Janet Mills, should give the more than 1,000 individuals released from custody each year a better shot at steering clear of criminal activity in the future.
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