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Transcript: California Companies Help Ex-Cons Get Back On Track
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- November 13, 2009
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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
11-13-2009
California Companies Help Ex-Cons Get Back On Track
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
It's hard for anybody to find a job right now, and if you've spent time behind bars, it is even harder. But in California, where more than 130,000 people leave state prisons every year, a number of nonprofits are finding it can makes good business sense to hire ex-cons.
Rachael Myrow of member station KQED in San Francisco reports.
RACHAEL MYROW: Steve Sims has done hard time more than once.
Mr. STEVE SIMS (Tri-CED Community Recycling): I went to prison back in 1986. I went to prison for robbery, possession of cocaine. So I ...