Inmates expressed concerns about housing and employment discrimination, and fear over licensure and life insurance for people with criminal records.
Tiheba Bane
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Those with criminal records should help decide their fate, member says
Rep. Robyn Porter, co-chair of the Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record, said she is open to the idea: “The people closest to the problems are closest to the solutions. That’s why people closest to the pain need to be closest to the power.”