If it is a companys policy not to hire convicted felons; Should that still be considered employment discrimination?
Princess Wench, You obviously have no idea about what you are saying. Prison is a real nice place, never knowing if someone is going to kill you over a cookie, or worse being gang raped. My stepfather removed me from the house six months after he married my weak mother, I was fifteen. I sold illicit substances to pay my rent and eat. I did this successfully until I was 17 when I got busted with copious amounts of marijuana, enough to earn me a prison sentence with a public defender. I was terrified for my life every single second that I was there. I was surrounded by filth and in a prison that was over 100 years old. I was on the top tier, no AC, heat rises it was well over 100 degrees in my tiny cell that I shared with another inmate, which was smaller than the closet in my old apartment. We got out of our cell to eat and shower only, as we were segregated from general population for our protection. I was eventually released, received my GED and went to college on a student loan and w