Your Next Best Hire May Have Spent Time in Prison
Although the U.S. has less than 5% of the world’s population, it houses roughly 25% of the world’s prisoners. With 2.3 million American adults incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide, taxpayers foot a staggering $80 billion annual bill. Moreover, African Americans are impacted disproportionately, since 60% of prisoners are people of color and black men are six times more likely to be incarcerated than white men.