February 7, 2025, MirrorIndy
Finding a job is one of the most difficult parts of reentry. The federal government estimates that for every four people released from incarceration, three will still be looking for a job a year later. And the rules around what employers can do when job applicants have a criminal record leave gray areas.
August 25, 2023, Indianapolis Business Journal, By Taylor Wooten, IBJ Copyright © 2023 All Rights Reserved, IBJ Photo/Chad Williams
Amid a nationwide worker shortage, central Indiana employers are increasingly taking a chance on new hires who have been arrested or convicted of a crime...
February 22, 2023, Kokomo Tribune, By James Bennett III, © 2023 Kokomo Tribune, Photo/Tim Bath, Kokomo Tribune
Things looked bleak for Michael Paul's future when he was arrested in 2018 for low-level felony charges for selling drugs and criminal confinement. As he put it, he had been going "full throttle" at the time...
October 16, 2022, The Shelbyville News, By Ross Flint, © 2023 Shelby News
With tears and big smiles spread across their faces, six participants in a new program graduated from a 16-week course that they hope sends them down a new path in life on Tuesday...
June 13, 2022, WRTV
By working together, UNITE INDY, Indiana Department of Corrections Parole, Marion County Community Corrections, and Marion County Probation have given Hoosiers on parole, probation, under supervision with community corrections, or those who have a past felony conviction a second chance...
August 2, 2021, Inside Indiana Business
Jim and Nancy Cotterill launched UNITE INDY four years ago to help those living in poverty find jobs. Now, they're helping inmates prepare to find work when they are released. Jim Cotterill explains how the program works...
