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| Maine Employment Agency Gives Convicted Felons A Second Start |
| By app1.kuhf.org - Tom Porter |
| Published: 02/14/2013 |
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A private employment agency in Maine helps convicted felons find jobs as laborers. MaineWorks employees are much less likely to re-offend than other people with criminal records. . AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For convicted felons, it can be hard to land a job regardless of how much it pays. But there's an employment agency in Maine that's focused on putting felons into the workforce. Get an ex-con a job, the idea goes, and it might keep them from going back to prison. Tom Porter introduces us to the founder of Maine Works. TOM PORTER, BYLINE: For Margo Walsh, a typical day starts well before dawn. Good morning, Margo. MARGO WALSH: How are you? PORTER: OK. On a recent wet and windy morning, we meet in a parking lot near downtown Portland, Maine. From here, we drive in her pickup truck to collect two of her guys, as she calls them. Read More. |
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