Browsing by Subject "Ex-convicts -- Legal status, laws, etc."

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    • Employment Barriers Facing Women of Color Upon Re-Entry from Incarceration 

      Sewell, Shellie L.
      This paper will explore the plight of low-income women of color reentering society from incarceration and the barriers that they face. By looking at the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act ...

    • Felony Disenfranchisement 

      Boyd, Amber
      In this paper I will take an in-depth look at the impact of felony disenfranchisement on the poor and more specifically on the African American community. The paper will focus on the current felony disenfranchisement law, ...

    • PRWORA 115: The Devastating Impact of a Little-Known Provision 

      McCluer, Stuart H.
      Six years ago, Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and dismantled a sixty-year old social welfare program. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was replaced with Temporary ...

    • Released But Not Freed: The Impact of Incarceration on Post-Release Employment 

      Zhang, Chenxiaoyang
      This paper focuses on the disparate access to the labor market for incarcerated males of low socioeconomic status, as this is the overwhelming majority of the prison population. The very presence of incarceration, compounded ...