In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Akua Amaning, Director of Criminal Justice Reform at the Center for American Progress. Together, they discuss why apprenticeship and job training opportunities are important for incarcerated individuals, obstacles that formerly incarcerated individuals face when returning to their communities, why the general public should be supportive of job and apprenticeship opportunities for incarcerated individuals, and much more.

Key resources from this episode:

Stand Together article: https://standtogether.org/stories/strong-safe-communities/why-unique-restaurant-only-hires-formerly-incarcerated-youth

Center for American Progress article: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/second-chance-policies-help-individuals-leaving-incarceration-build-financial-security/

Music by Evgeny Bardyuzha from Pixabay.

Sound Effect from Pixabay.