John Layfield Quotes

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

We have to find greater employment for these people with records.

The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.

Even a criminal has the right to a new life, but they made sure I did not have that. They just didn't stop calling me a prostitute for ever and ever and ever and ever.

Our reforms to criminal record disclosure will benefit ex-offenders, but there will a broader, more significant payoff for everyone in society.

I still have my agent back in Australia keeping an eye on things there, and we are trying to find the right job which will bring me home to shoot.

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and additional resources for those trying to find a job.

Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.

So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime.

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work.

We have to change public perception of ex-convicts. Most Canadians don't realize that when you come out of prison, you're a complete pariah. You can't get a car loan or money from a bank to start a business. So most end up back in prison within 24 months. It's just so wrong. We need to fix this problem.

I graduated high school and I didn't have a skill set and I didn't want to go to college. I needed a job.

I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours.

We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.

We have to create jobs but also make sure that those who are looking for work aren't just left without any assistance whatsoever.

Most urgent is the good First Job Program, that Lula plans to implement, which hasn't got off the ground.

Once you're a felon you're a target.

I worked at the Illinois unemployment office. I got $55 a week and the unemployed got $45. And they only had to come in once a week.

A man does not have to like me to work by my side, or in my employ or to be my next-door neighbor. But he does not have the right to limit my opportunities for employment or my choice of housing.

If everyone who committed a crime were not allowed to work, what kind of economy would we have.

I wish that every community from which individuals go to prison might have an organization which would be notified when they are returned to society. It would then be this organization's responsibility to find these individuals a job, suited to their capacities and training, which would bring them a decent living.