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Most college students have struggled with the job search and dealt with the disappointment of rejection from employment, but for people with criminal records, that impossibility is even more severe.
James Russell, a junior from Marion, has to deal with this impossibility every day. Russell, who served about 10 years in prison before being released in 2009, said being rejected on the job search was not surprising, but frustrating.
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"There's definitely a predominant sense in the U.S. that, even when
"It was kind of clear that the criminal record was when it went from them being interested in interviewing me to them finding out about that, and then I wouldn't get a call back," he said.
Though he said he didn't do much job searching after being released, Russell said the jobs he did apply for seemed to pull back when they discovered his criminal record.
you've served your time, or you've done what society has punished you with, that people don't forget," Russell said. "You're kind of stigmatized forever."
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