среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Organization reaches out to female ex-offenders

Thanks to assistance from Women in Progress, Inc. exoffender Cynthia Lake is on her way to recovering from a lifetimeof mistakes.

Lake, 47, said she pleaded guilty to a felony charge in what was supposed to result in a clean record after six months. What she has since learned is that her record isn't clean, which hinders her in finding a job.

"I worked 17 years as a customer service representative at SBC before quitting in 2001 to care for my sick mother," Lake recalled. "But now that I am ready to return to the work force it has become stressful because employers are looking at my background."

She declined to discuss details of her criminal record including what …

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