Impact Stats

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• Stat 1

  1 in 3 adults in the U.S. have an arrest or conviction record that limits their ability to work.

• Stat 2

  People with conviction records who have remained crime-free for four to seven years are no more likely than the general population to commit a new crime.

• Stat 3

  52% is the reduction in earnings that people who have been incarcerated face in the workforce. The Brennan Center found that people who have been incarcerated lose nearly half a million dollars in average lifetime earnings.

• Stat 4

  $78 - $87 billion is the estimated loss in gross domestic product every year resulting from shutting people with records out of the workforce.

• Stat 5

  An arrest or conviction record reduces a job seeker’s chance of getting a callback or job offer by nearly 50 percent.

• Stat 6

  There are more than 44,000 state and federal restrictions that limit the ability of people with a record to access meaningful opportunities to build a better life.

• Stat 7

  More than two-thirds of HR professionals who have hired people with records think their quality of work is as high as or higher than the work of employees who don't have a criminal record.

• Stat 8

  There are tens of millions of eligible people who can’t get relief because in most states the current process for record sealing is so complex and costly.

• Stat 9

  Nearly half of U.S. children now have at least one parent with a criminal record, with negative consequences for children’s cognitive development, school performance, and even employment outcomes in adulthood.