they would also need to press local legislatures to remove many of the restrictions on felons as to what jobs they may hold let alone which certifications they may attain. many who return to the work force who were in white collar jobs can find their profession is blocked from them, even many blue collar workers will have lost their certifications and not be allowed back into their trades.
Unless they went to prison for something job related like fraud i don't see how this policy would help ex inmates.
You serve your time and you are released to find out that you will be punished the rest of your life by not having access to the profession you've been doing all your life.
And then everybody wonders why people like that fall back to a life of crime. The system is pushing them that way they actually have to fight it to get out.
look here for a nice slide show and even a much larger list of jobs felons are prevented from holding because of government intervention.
Barber, roofer, athletic trainer, tattoo artist, architect, and more. So really? The attached spreadsheet to the article is depressing and this is just Illinois
Barber and tattoo artist requires holding violent objects right up to a person. Athletic trainer often involves (hopefully) mildly enhancing medicine, and architect requires considerable thinking skill and trustworthiness. I see why they are banned, but at most it should be something like for parole. Roofing is often associated with fraud.
The US system seems much more concerned with finding people to punish than with helping people become honest and productive members of society. In fact, the system doesn't seem to care at all about a healthy society, just about punishment and revenge.
