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Collateral Consequences Of Ex-Offenders

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Employers, whether corporate owned or privately own, can either create or dismantle a barrier for an ex-offender. Willful and cooperation from communities housing businesses, it is probable, and researched, that ex-offenders will revert back into criminal behavior; criminal behavior involving theft, for money, or selling narcotics, for money. Social interaction between a released inmate and a community involve employment opportunities, and trust from an employer to an ex-offender. Without an opportunity. it poses the threat of a collateral consequence; a collateral consequence is “civil death” or “invisible punishment”. It is the burden on individuals long past the expiration of their sentences and,which individually and collectively frustrate

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