[BlessedBeGod]

Scenario: There's an accountant. He embezzles from his employer. He's convicted, goes to jail, and serves his time. Are you saying that if he applies for a job as an accountant again, his prospective employer doesn't need to know that he stole money from his last employer?

If I was hiring an accountant, I'd sure want to know that.

[motzman]

Scenario: There's an accountant. He embezzles from his employer. He's convicted, goes to jail, and serves his time. Are you saying that if he applies for a job as an accountant again, his prospective employer doesn't need to know that he stole money from his last employer?

No. If the prison system does it's job correctly, the accountant would not be released from jail if there was a good chance he'd commit the crime.

Besides, if this information is released, this accountant is NOT going to get that job, and guess what--will likely commit crimes to get money.

When you apply for a job and are asked to submit to a criminal background check, do you ask the hiring manager and any other employees you'd be in direct contact with for background checks on them? They may have been hired prior to any checking policies, or it might have been so long ago that there's recent activity that hasn't surfaced. And let's face it, many, many people are criminals who just haven't been caught yet.

Placing barriers in the way of released convicts is downright stupid. If they can't be trusted anymore than an average citizen, they shouldn't have been released.