Jail to job: NYC to give jobs to released inmates

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Fox News - 4/22/2017 - New York City is betting on a plan to offer jobs to released jail inmates as a way to break the cycle of incarceration. Mayor Bill de Blasio's $10 million-a-year "jails to jobs" initiative will guarantee all Rikers Island inmates serving sentences of a year or less a chance at short-term employment once they do their time. The jobs will last up to eight weeks, with hourly wages covered by taxpayer money rather than the pockets of the employers. Read more @ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/22/ja ... mates.html