A job fair is giving previously incarcerated individuals an opportunity to talk one-on-one with local employers.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said the biggest barrier after release is getting employment.
“I would visit some of Virginia’s prisons, and I would ask to meet with the inmates and get their perspective about both while they were incarcerated,” Miyares said. “Also, I would meet with those that were in the process of paying their debt and reentering society. The number one thing I kept hearing from these gentlemen was, ‘I made some bad choices in my life, but I’m ready to turn my life around.’ The number one anxiety was, ‘Can I find work?”
To help with that process, the Returning Citizens Career and Wellness Fair was born.
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