Our conversation with Kenyatta Brame and Jahaun McKinley.
For people who get out of prison, the chances of getting a job are often slim to none.
There are programs to help ex-offenders find work and transition back into society, but funding a company willing to hire former inmates proves a challenge.
Recently, though, some companies have been not just hiring, but recruiting ex-offenders.
Grand Rapids company Cascade Engineeringis among them.
We were joined today by the company's vice president, Kenyatta Brame, and Jahaun McKinley, an ex-offender and lean manager at Cascade who has been with the company for six years.
In our full interview above, Brame tells us why he thinks it's important to give ex-offenders more opportunities, and McKinley talks about his experience trying to find a job after leaving prison.
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Kenyatta Brame is vice president of Cascade Engineering, a Grand Rapids manufacturer.
Jahaun McKinley was sent to prison at 18 years old and served 19 years behind bars. He is now a lean manager at Cascade Engineering and has worked for the company for six years.
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