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Disability compounds employment woes for people with criminal records, and vice versa

Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities (JIID) are nearly 11 percentage points less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to a study out of Cornell's Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability.

Disability compounds employment woes for people with criminal records, and vice versa
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Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities (JIID) are nearly 11 percentage points less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to a study out of Cornell's Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability.

Originally published at Phys.org

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