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Re:Nordic prison cells look like $3k apartments in San Franc... by paulryanrogers on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:59PM (#25408504)
Is there a stigma that haunts former inmates upon release? In the US it seems ones career is essentially over once convicted of anything more than a traffic violation.
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Re:Nordic prison cells look like $3k apartments in San Franc... by TheNorthman on Sunday December 13, 2020 @02:14PM (#25409208)
In Denmark it would be illegal for an employer to discriminate against former inmates _if their crime is irrelevant for the job at hand_.

In practice, though... At least it's automatically erased after (IIRC) five years, depending on severity.

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Re:Nordic prison cells look like $3k apartments in San Franc... by zapt02 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:25PM (#25408769)
It's the same in the nordics. Most jobs check for a criminal record, even in smaller IT companies.

At least in Sweden, the outcome of being sentenced (losing your job, making it very hard to find a new one) is factored into the sentence (that is, they decrease the prison sentence due to these factors as more punishment will be had after release).

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