[Blue House Sue]

Hopefully it works out, and is a success.

It’s better for ex-cons to be employed than to revert back to crime.

[Seaplaner]

Hopefully it works out, and is a success.

It’s better for ex-cons to be employed than to revert back to crime.

Agree to a point.

I support giving some ex-cons a chance. Of course, many of these ex-cons are not able to make good choices, no matter what helps or hurts them.

That said, the probabilities are against the company.

Also, regarding the title of the article...there is no such thing as an "ex-felon". Once a felon, always a felon.

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[kearnyirish2]

Of course, but once when ex-con with a documented record assaults a customer/client or co-worker, the business is sued into oblivion. That is the flaw in these re-integration programs; employers are supposed to do background checks on employees, and if one commits a crime and it is determined that the employer “should have known”, the company is completely exposed legally.

[Drew68]

Hopefully it works out, and is a success.

I agree. If we’re going to let people out of prison, we need to offer them a path to succeed as a law-abiding member of society. Otherwise, what’s the point?

[Hot Tabasco]

I worked in HR all my life and I can honestly say that any hourly job applications we received where the applicant checked yes when asked about ever being in jail, they were automatically rejected. Considering where my manufacturing plant was located, there were lots of rejections over the years. Not saying it was right or wrong but that's just the way it was.

I wish this company well since the felons he hires have very little chance of transitioning back into society if they can't find jobs.....