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Western, Bruce |
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Locked Up, Locked Out: The Social Costs of Incarceration Reason 43,3 (1 July 2011): 40-41. Also: http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/06/locked-up-locked-out Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Reason Foundation Keyword(s): Employment; Incarceration/Jail; Punishment, Criminal; Racial Equality/Inequality; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The article discusses social implications of incarceration in the U.S. According to a survey, a criminal record reduced employment opportunities by two-thirds for African Americans. Labor force data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth reports that wages fall by about 15 percent after prison, yearly earnings are reduced by about 40 percent, and the pay of former prisoners. |
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Western, Bruce. "Locked Up, Locked Out: The Social Costs of Incarceration." Reason 43,3 (1 July 2011): 40-41. |