Hard Truths: Finding a job after prison

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🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We're back with another episode of our Hard Truths series looking at the criminal justice system in the U.S. Today. Specifically, what happens when people of color make it out of that system and try to rebuild their lives. People of color are disproportionately imprisoned in the U.S. Black people are incarcerated five times more than white people, Hispanics nearly twice as likely as white people to end up behind bars. They also face longer sentences and harsher punishments which can make finding a job and rebuilding a life outside of prison much harder. Guests: New York Secretary of State Rosanna Rosado and Justin Cordova. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. This episode was produced by Nuria Marquez Martinez and edited by Alexandra Botti. Jeanne Montalvo is our sound engineer. Special thanks to Axios Executive Editor Sara Kehaulani Goo, Hard Truths Editor Michele Salcedo, and Executive Producer Dan Bobkoff.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dan Pramak, host of Axios Recap.
0:03.1	Today, we're bringing you the latest episode in our special hard truth series on structural
0:07.2	racism.
0:08.1	I'll now turn it over to my Axios colleague, Nailabudu.
0:14.7	Good morning.
0:15.8	I'm Naila Boodoo.
0:16.9	We're here with you on a Saturday with the latest episode in our special series called
0:20.7	Hard Truths, examining systemic racism in the U.S.
0:24.4	Today, we're looking at the criminal justice system and specifically what happens when people of color make it out of that system and try to rebuild their lives.
0:38.2	The second time Justin Cordova left prison was the first time it felt good.
0:43.5	The moment you step out of there, it's just weight off your shoulders.
0:47.0	So to walk out the gate completely, it's just like, that's what it feels like.
0:53.3	It's ah.
0:56.1	At least for the first night.
0:57.9	It's the second night.
1:03.7	The second night when you're there alone and you start thinking about the responsibilities that's coming within the next week or two, you know, helping with bills and helping with
1:08.7	the toilet paper that you are now using and the food that
1:12.5	you're now eating, that's when things start to get real. The first time he got out, five
1:17.7	years earlier, he had a very different mindset. So coming home to me was just like getting back
1:23.9	to what I was doing when I first went to jail at 20. I was heavy into selling drugs.
1:29.0	I was willing to do almost anything to make a dollar.
1:32.4	I came from a single parent home, and my mom was heavenly on drugs.
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