Comment Comment by anonyfelon melonbar: see my post about this very thing... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18704252I'm in much the same boat. I feel like for this to seriously change, the laws have to change. That's no small feat.As long as there are for-profit prisons, there's little/no incentive for criminal laws to change.San Francisco has the "Fair Chance Ordinance", but you actually have to LIVE there for it to apply to you.https://sfgov.org/olse/fair-chance-ordinance-fcoI have reached out to you via email, btw. It was back in November. I haven't spoken about that stuff publicly, hence the throwaway account. :/ parent anonyfelon 7 years ago
I'm in much the same boat. I feel like for this to seriously change, the laws have to change. That's no small feat.
As long as there are for-profit prisons, there's little/no incentive for criminal laws to change.
San Francisco has the "Fair Chance Ordinance", but you actually have to LIVE there for it to apply to you.
https://sfgov.org/olse/fair-chance-ordinance-fco
I have reached out to you via email, btw. It was back in November. I haven't spoken about that stuff publicly, hence the throwaway account. :/