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Successful Job Placement for Ex-Offenders: the Center for Employment Opportunities

Many offenders have difficulty finding permanent, unsubsidized, well-paid employment after release because they lack job-seeking experience, a work history, and occupational skills; furthermore, many employers refuse to hire individuals with criminal records. These circumstances seriously affect an ex-offender’s stability because unemployment is consistently associated with high recidivism rates. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City attempts to overcome these barriers by providing transitional services when ex-offenders are at the most vulnerable stage of their rehabilitation — immediately after release.

Available online

http://www.ncjrs.gov/

Author(s)

Peter Finn

Date

March 1998

Publisher

U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice