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They have an incentive to hire someone, and often can't find qualified candidates through traditional channels.

In purely economic terms, I'm willing to bet some people with criminal records are willing to work for less than someone with the same qualifications and a clean record.

>>burkam+(OP)
Hmm, so moneyball/arbitrage based on criminal history?

That's interesting; would be curious to hear if there's another side of the story as well.

>>austen+c
Also, given employee churn and training costs are a thing - if ex-con workers are more likely to stay because it's harder for them to get a job elsewhere, you're more likely to keep the better ones.

Whether/how the math works there I dunno, it just occurred to me as another possible factor.