Job Opportunities Task Force

Keith Evans served over four years of a ten-year sentence for selling heroin. He's back out and looking for a job in Baltimore. In this piece, he tells his story about trying to get a "second chance" and become "a citizen again."

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May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013 

It only took a few seconds for Governor Martin O'Malley to sign the legislation into law earlier this month, but it took a four-year struggle for a the 'ban the box' bill to pass. 

The 'box' appears on job applications next to the question “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?”