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Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners

Robert Allen, director of work based learning, left, and Rod Mallett, work based learning coordinator, center, at Hinds Community College, discuss programs and opportunities with a job seeker, right, during the 2022 Mississippi Re-Entry Job Fair, in Jackson, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The Mississippi Department of Corrections joined the Governor's Job Fair Network in hopes of assisting inmates eligible for parole and those recently paroled and who have participated in one of the MDOC's re-entry vocational programs with finding work. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Eric Beamon, HOPE coordinator with MagCor, a company that provides realistic work experiences for sentenced, adult offenders residing within Mississippi correctional facilities, that can lead to gainful employment upon release, confers with event sponsors during the 2022 Mississippi Re-Entry Job Fair, in Jackson, June 22, 2022. The Mississippi Department of Corrections joined the Governor's Job Fair Network in hopes of assisting inmates eligible for parole and those recently paroled and who have participated in one of the MDOC's re-entry vocational programs with finding work. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Incarcerated at 15, Jackson, Miss., resident Antonio McGowan, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, says he had limited prospects coming out of prison after being released in 2014. However, McGowan later enrolled in the Hinds County Reentry Program, which provides workforce training for formerly incarcerated people, which led to a work-based learning program at Hinds Community College, which placed him in a job that is giving him maintenance training in heating and air conditioning, while employed. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners