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Re:Ask HN: Would you hire a felon? by anonyfelon on Thursday January 31, 2019 @01:41AM (#19042912)
melonbar: see my post about this very thing... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18704252

I'm in much the same boat. I feel like for this to seriously change, the laws have to change. That's no small feat.

As long as there are for-profit prisons, there's little/no incentive for criminal laws to change.

San Francisco has the "Fair Chance Ordinance", but you actually have to LIVE there for it to apply to you.

https://sfgov.org/olse/fair-chance-ordinance-fco

I have reached out to you via email, btw. It was back in November. I haven't spoken about that stuff publicly, hence the throwaway account. :/

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Re:Ask HN: Would you hire a felon? by melonbarwork on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:38AM (#19044956)
Hey, thanks again! I will be reaching out again to keep you posted. I am heavily leaning toward pursuing my dreams.
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