PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island General Assembly is considering legislation that would prohibit employers from asking job applicants if they have a criminal history.
Carolyn Medeiros, executive director of the Alliance for Safe Communities, went on WHJJ's "Helen Glover Show" Feb. 18 to express opposition to the proposal.
"We're bending over backwards here for a minority of people," she said. "There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond them that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
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