Locked Out Of Work: Women, Criminal Records & The Will To Rebuild
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Sunday, December 28, 2025 - 11 minutes
Locked Out Of Work: Women, Criminal Records & The Will To Rebuild
- A criminal record can follow someone for years, or even decades, by chronically limiting job options and career paths at every turn. As Illinois moves forward with a new Clean Slate law, we examine how these barriers shape lives nationwide, disproportionately affect formerly incarcerated women and what record-clearing policies could change for the tens of millions of Americans stuck in limbo.
Host: Marty Peterson.
Producer: Amirah Zaveri.
Guests: Chanell Burnette, writer, advocate, former prisoner; Marlon Chamberlain, founder, executive director, Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments, former prisoner; Colette Payne, director, Reclamation Project, Women’s Justice Institute, former prisoner.
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