Fighting Crime
Why don't people leaving prison get jobs?
Published: 28 May 2026 at 08:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
Getting a good job after prison is one of the best ways to beat recidivism. But what does the evidence actually say about getting formerly incarcerated people back into work? In this episode, we discover some ideas that are helping and hindering people in getting jobs. The solutions are cheaper and simpler than you might expect.
Guests:
Coss Marte, founder of ConBody and ConBud
Dr Amanda Agan, Cornell University
Dr Zoe Cullen, Harvard Business School
Sources:
Amanda Agan, Sonja Starr, Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment; The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 133, Issue 1, February (2018)
Zoe B. Cullen, Will S. Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman, Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record, NBER Working Paper 29947 (2022)
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