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Showing up for those impacted by the criminal justice system

An astounding 70 million people in the United States have a criminal record, massively impacting their ability to get jobs. As part of an ongoing commitment to fair chance hiring, Indeed collaborated with the content team at The Wall Street Journal to create a video and article for the WSJ site. The video features Norris Henderson, a man who’d been incarcerated for 27 years, 10 months, and 18 days for a crime he didn’t commit. Shortly after his release he founded V.O.T.E., an organization that teaches formerly incarcerated people their rights. The WSJ article, created in close collaboration with the Indeed team, discusses the hiring barriers formerly incarcerated people face as well as guidance for companies that want to embrace fair chance hiring.