For people who have gone to prison it may seem like the prisoners never change. Most people do not because they see no reason to. “Well, I have been to prison, no one is ever going to hire me, so I will just keeping doing what I want.” Many people might say they are branded for life. But for the people who do try to change their lives after committing senseless crimes, it feels like they have no escape. They try to change their life, but no one is willing to give them a chance. This is especially if they have a violent background. Ex-prisoners also have a harder time getting a job because they usually do not meet up to the educational standards required for the work. These former convicts also have special needs. One third of prisoners have …show more content…
This type of non-profit organization is a starting point for people who have recently gotten out of prison. It shows that people out there are willing to give these ex-cons some hope in staring over. Every business should consider hiring an ex-con because they show how the ex-cons want to change and how a new job can do that for them. Obviously not every former convict wants to change their life. Most do it just for their parole officer to show them that they are not doing anything illegal. So how does an employer know if they are going to change their lives? Some people take the risk to get in return a more loyal and hardworking employee. Studies show that ex-convicts are no more likely to get fired than people who do not have a criminal record (Business Insider …show more content…
This shows that former convicts have more to lose if they quit. They power through their jobs because they know how valuable it is to have a job. Hiring ex-cons could also be beneficial to companies in trying to decrease the number of employee turnovers. With hiring ex-cons, companies can save about $1,000 per year per position, counting the extra time that the ex-cons do (Kellogg Insight 2017).
Ex-cons have been increasingly well behaved in jobs that have trusted them enough to do a job. People have been cautious while hiring ex-cons, which is understandable. A business owner would not want to hire people who have a violent background or have been convicted of something that could potentially hurt there other employees. So business have been taking ex-convicts that have committed lesser kind of crime, something that is considered non-harmful to the company (Kellogg Insight