Impact of Incarceration on Employment Prospects

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Poor Education and Unemployment Implications for Youth Crimes in Nigeria

“…Empirically, there is a strong negative correlation between educational attainment and various measures of crime. Freeman (1996) points out that more than two-thirds of all incarcerated men in America in 1993 had not graduated from high school (See also Apel and Ramakers, 2018;Freeman, 1992).…”

Challenges Associated with Parenting While Incarcerated: A Review

“…Over 2.5 million people are incarcerated in the United States, a rate of incarceration that far exceeds any other country in the world [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. It is well documented that incarceration is associated with a wide range of adverse consequences, such as poor physical and mental health outcomes, difficulties obtaining employment, and socioeconomic hardship [ 4 , 5 , 6 ]. There is a growing recognition that incarceration also has significant negative effects on the family structure, a notable point given that over half of the individuals incarcerated in the US are parents [ 7 , 8 ].…”