Free But Not Free: Workforce Development Barriers to Economic Mobility for Justice Involved Citizens with Dr. Terrance Hinton
Research has shown the impact that a criminal record can have on a person’s employment prospects. This includes the attrition of basic job skills, accessibility to education, and other collateral consequences that limit any opportunity for economic mobility. The inability to obtain employment is often cited as one of the most important factors that contributes to recidivism, along with other economic implications for the general public.
The purpose of this presentation is to not only provide awareness to scholars, administrators and policy makers on the barriers that individuals face due to their criminal history, but also to also understand how these barriers impact our entire community. Specifically, I will examine some of the existing employment barriers that impede justice involved individuals from successfully reintegrating back into the community.
This will include a discussion on employer hiring policies, job descriptions and their alignment to employer risk and the economic implications of these barriers on our community. This information will be based on a combination of best practices and personal experiences as a former program manager within the reentry field and what can be done to empower justice involved citizens to build successful, productive lives, reduce recidivism and make our communities safer.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Terrance Hinton, PhD, has served as a practitioner-scholar in a variety of leadership roles within the Criminal Justice Field, including his most recent role as a Program Manager for Reentry Services for a nonprofit agency called Alvis Incorporated in Columbus, Ohio. To date Dr. Hinton has instructed, mentored and assisted over 3000 justice involved citizens in a number of capacities within the reentry spectrum that include courses in anger management, workforce development, cognitive behavioral therapy and an Inside Out Course through the Ohio Prison Exchange Education Project that combines both Ohio State, “Outside Students” and incarcerated individuals (“Inside Students”) from the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) in class together. Dr. Hinton’s research area and scholarly contributions focus on reentry topics such as workforce development, recidivism, public health and other existing barriers that prevent individuals from reintegrating into society. Dr. Hinton also serves as a content expert on research projects for the Ohio Medicaid Released Enrollees Study through the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center. In 2021, his reentry work within the Columbus community led him to being nominated for the 3rd annual Central Ohio Social Justice Award in Columbus, Ohio.
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