Damned if You do, Penalized if You Don’t, Taryn Williams Story — DIG
When Taryn Williams first got out of prison, the first year or two meant getting by on “gig work before gig work.” She hadn’t finished college, lacked particular skill sets, so she cleaned houses or took whatever anyone would let her do.“My background check absolutely was coming up, and there was even no conversation,” Williams said. Employers were blunt. Even grocery stores rejected her outright because of her prison history.As “second chance hiring” and “ban the box” emerged, companies “found...
