So what's wrong with corporal punishment?

[schlaufuchs]

It's not so much that I disagree with you as it is that I think the options you presented wouldn't really be a good solution to the problem. Sure, they may be better for the ex-cons seeking employment, but they wouldn't really be a good deal for the employer. Although, I'll admit that I don't really know what viable solution there would be that would both make it easier for ex-cons to get a legit job, while still allowing employers to get a good idea about who exactly they are hiring.

That's what option 1 addresses: significantly increase incentives for hiring ex-cons. Personally I don't like those sorts of programs, and I don't believe they're particularly effective, but at least that way employers are aware and willingly opting into hiring ex-cons.

 

[Traitorfish]

Little known fact, when Marx said "socialism or barbarism", he was actually describing his favourite ways to spend the weekend.

 

[Hygro]

He said barberism but it was misrecorded.