{"id":3162,"date":"2023-03-20T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2023-03-20T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:59:11","slug":"these-companies-see-advantage-in-putting-former-inmates-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=3162","title":{"rendered":"These companies see advantage in putting former inmates to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 class=\"hedSecond singleHedSecond fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"44\" data-lineheight=\"46.2px\" style=\"--fontSize:44; line-height: 1.05; color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">Colorado attorney general hopes to reduce recidivism with Fair Chance Hiring initiative<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">Three years ago, Drew Patterson moved his company from Greeley to the town of Buena Vista, in part because a prison is located there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">The Buena Vista Correctional Complex for men offered a labor pool for Patterson\u2019s Basic Industries business that makes wooden stakes and other wood components. Patterson believes in second chances.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">While the Colorado Department of Correction\u2019s Take TWO work-release program for inmates at Buena Vista <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2022\/09\/20\/colorado-prison-labor-take-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">is no longer operating<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">, Patterson continues to hire individuals who\u2019ve been involved with the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(242, 241, 236);\">\u201cI have four employees now with past convictions,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cWe really like helping that population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradonewsline.com\/2023\/03\/17\/companies-hiring-former-inmates-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 145, 77);\">Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}