Discrimination against ex-offenders

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A new law is needed to provide adequate protection for the civil rights of ex-offenders, to provide them a way of erasing old and irrelevant convictions from their records and to make sure the legitimate information needs of employers are adequately served. The British Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 did not do this job. Discrimination against ex-convicts who have paid society their debt is a human rights issue and successful rehabilitation of such people is a human rights issue.

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carly larkin

Feb 16, 2010 @ 11:11 am

Hi just come accross this article as I was searching for advice regarding discrimination, as a child whilst in local authority care I found myself in alot of trouble with the police, I left care at the age of 16 and have been in no trouble since, Its been 13 years since i left care and I am settled with my own family, I have recently returned to college in the hope of changing my career, I would like to work within youth justice and help children who find themselves in similar situations I once did, I have been offered a place in university this year on the condition I register with the gscc, however a recent volunteering post I applied have have just emailed me to say they cannot have me work for them as a result of my enhanced disclosure, I am now concerned I will fail in registering with the gscc for the same reasons, I feel so disheartened, I have paid tenfold for getting in trouble as a child and have to carry this around with me for the rest of my life, my past is preventing me from moving on in the future, I have never commited an offence against a vulnerable person and just believe the discrimination against ex offenders is wrong.

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"Knowledge without acknowledgement": violent women, the prison and the cottage

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The author argues that violent women do not belong in Canada's "cottage-prisons." The prison system's failure to acknowledge violent women prisoners, the prison's role in generating violence, and differences between male and female experience of prison are discussed.

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