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How employment screening perpetuates cycles of poverty

I run background checks that I know discriminate against people with criminal records even for jobs where it's completely irrelevant to safety.

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Systems that prevent redemption and second chances reveal a punitive logic that undermines both individual dignity and social healing.

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