More and more municipalities in Kyushu are starting to give preferential treatment in bids for public works projects to employers that hire ex-offenders. According to the Ministry of Justice, which administers the so-called \u201ccooperative employers\u2019 program\u201d, 22 cities and towns in Japan have adopted programs to encourage the hiring of ex-offenders, and half of them are located in Kyushu. Kitakyushu City also plans to adopt the program in June. The recidivism rate among unemployed ex-offenders is five times higher than that for those who hold jobs. The aim of this program is to expand job placement opportunities for ex-convicts and promote their rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 1\/9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More and more municipalities in Kyushu are starting to give preferential treatment in bids for public works projects to employers that hire ex-offenders. According to the Ministry of Justice, which administers the so-called \u201ccooperative employers\u2019 program\u201d, 22 cities and towns in Japan have adopted programs to encourage the hiring of ex-offenders, and half of them are located in Kyushu. Kitakyushu City also plans to adopt the program in June. The recidivism rate among unemployed ex-offenders is five times higher than that for those who hold jobs. The aim of this program is to expand job placement opportunities for ex-convicts and promote their rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 1\/9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81256","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}