‘A second prison’: People face hidden dead ends when they pursue a range of careers post-incarceration — from hechingerreport.org by Tara Garcia Mathewson
Nearly 14,000 laws and regulations restrict people who have been convicted or even just arrested from getting professional licenses
For Wiese, it was all a big, expensive gamble — and, in one form or another, is one millions of people with criminal records take every year as they pursue education and workforce training on their way to jobs that require a license. Yet that effort might be wasted thanks to the nearly 14,000 laws and regulations that can restrict individuals with arrest and conviction histories from getting licensed in a given field.
