No one should be penalized while trying to improve their life.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Because background checks are incomplete, often inaccurate and don't tell the whole stories. Past incarceration shouldn't be a reason for withholding resources
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Kathleen hulser
Universities are about education. Should stick to mission to inform not collaborate with incarceration juggernaut.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Maybe not at the outset, but the institutions should know so they can manage anything that may come up.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Karen
They have the right to know about violent crimes, but not lesser crimes.
11:11 AM | April 16, 2016
Alexandra Garcia
I think it's judgmental and it further punishes people who have already paid for their crimes. Past mistakes shouldn't define a person's life forever.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Having that information on an application will immediately influence employers' decisions about hiring or even further steps in the application process like interviewing
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Emma
With our current system, past mistakes can decide a person's entire future without even looking at other factors. The carceral system goes beyond the physical prison space to continue punishing people even after they've served their sentence.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Ethan Clay
This is an absurdly difficult question to ask, as are most questions when it comes to liberty. The question I think we really need to grapple with is: Is it a larger infringement on an individual's liberty if they cannot ask a question to know an employee's background or if someone can never get a job to live and support themselves and their families? I definitively say the latter is a larger infringement of liberty and we need to do everything we can to overcome that inconsistency in American values.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Raquel
I think in the initial application it should not be asked. It is a way to quickly dismiss someone. I think that in an interview process the question can be asked, but at that point the employer then has some face to face contact and thus can judge them more so on their interaction than on a checked box in an application. If people don't get a second chance than what motivation should they have for bettering themselves?
Hannah Galloway
No one should be penalized while trying to improve their life.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Because background checks are incomplete, often inaccurate and don't tell the whole stories. Past incarceration shouldn't be a reason for withholding resources
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Kathleen hulser
Universities are about education. Should stick to mission to inform not collaborate with incarceration juggernaut.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Maybe not at the outset, but the institutions should know so they can manage anything that may come up.
1:13 PM | April 16, 2016
Karen
They have the right to know about violent crimes, but not lesser crimes.
11:11 AM | April 16, 2016
Alexandra Garcia
I think it's judgmental and it further punishes people who have already paid for their crimes. Past mistakes shouldn't define a person's life forever.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Having that information on an application will immediately influence employers' decisions about hiring or even further steps in the application process like interviewing
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Emma
With our current system, past mistakes can decide a person's entire future without even looking at other factors. The carceral system goes beyond the physical prison space to continue punishing people even after they've served their sentence.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Ethan Clay
This is an absurdly difficult question to ask, as are most questions when it comes to liberty. The question I think we really need to grapple with is: Is it a larger infringement on an individual's liberty if they cannot ask a question to know an employee's background or if someone can never get a job to live and support themselves and their families? I definitively say the latter is a larger infringement of liberty and we need to do everything we can to overcome that inconsistency in American values.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Raquel
I think in the initial application it should not be asked. It is a way to quickly dismiss someone. I think that in an interview process the question can be asked, but at that point the employer then has some face to face contact and thus can judge them more so on their interaction than on a checked box in an application. If people don't get a second chance than what motivation should they have for bettering themselves?
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
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