This week, NPR’s Marketplace interviewed OSI Advisory Board Vice Chair Joe Jones about the Black unemployment rate. Jones, who is the founder and CEO of the Center for Urban Families, an organization focusing on jobs and leadership training for urban communities, spoke of the barriers formerly incarcerated people face while looking for employment.
“When we think about minority males who’ve had some exposure to the criminal justice system, there are just certain segments of the labor market that they are not going to qualify for,” he said.
The show featured the Mobile Job Center bus run by the Enoch Pratt library, which offers computers, books, information, and assistance for job seekers and career changers in Baltimore city.
