Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Permanent Punishment Conversation: Clearing Records
Clip: 10/8/2022 | 8m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A Permanent Punishment conversation about the process and challenges of clearing records.
Cook County is home to an estimated 1.3 million people with criminal records — those records can sometimes limit people from certain jobs, housing or even educational opportunities. The Paper Prisons Initiative estimates more than 500,000 of them are eligible to have those records cleared, but advocates say that’s not happening for many of them.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Permanent Punishment Conversation: Clearing Records
Clip: 10/8/2022 | 8m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Cook County is home to an estimated 1.3 million people with criminal records — those records can sometimes limit people from certain jobs, housing or even educational opportunities. The Paper Prisons Initiative estimates more than 500,000 of them are eligible to have those records cleared, but advocates say that’s not happening for many of them.
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