Hiring People on Community Supervision

Published: May 21, 2010, 7:06 p.m.

b'\\u201cEmploying Offenders\\u201d\\xa0 is part of the \\u201cDC Public Safety\\u201d television series.\\nPlease see http://media.csosa.gov for our radio shows. See www.twitter.com/lensipes.\\nWe welcome your comments and suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.\\n\\u201cHiring People on Community Supervision\\u201d provides an overview of the CSOSA initiatives and programs available working with local businesses in order to help provide employment to offenders.\\xa0 CSOSA supervises approximately 16,000 offenders at any given time; this program discusses the challenges offenders face when trying to find employment and informs local businesses about tax credits and other opportunities for providing employment to the offenders who are trying to find stability and become functional members of the community.\\nThe program is offered by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, a federal executive branch entity in Washington,\\nD.C.\\nThe show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. Timothy Barnes is the Producer.\\nTranscript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/hiring-people-on-community-supervision/\\nSeries Meta terms: Employment, Offenders, Parole, Probation, vocational, training, career, guidance, counseling.\\n\\nThe post Hiring People on Community Supervision first appeared on DC Public Safety (Video).\\nThe post Hiring People on Community Supervision first appeared on DC Public Safety (Video).'