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2. Employment discrimination against persons with criminal ...

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   As of 2008, 6.6 to 7.4 percent, or about one in 15 working-age adults were ex-felons. According to an estimate from 2000, there were over 12 million felons in the United States, representing roughly 8% of the working-age population..In 2016, 6.1 million people were disenfranchised due to convictions, representing 2.47% of voting-age citizens.

3. Tennessee Department of Correction - Wikipedia

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   The Tennessee Department of Correction ( TDOC) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government responsible for the oversight of more than 20,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fourteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by CoreCivic. The department is headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is ...

4. Felony disenfranchisement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Felony disenfranchisement is one among the collateral consequences of criminal conviction and the loss of rights due to conviction for criminal offense. [2] In 2016, 6.1 million individuals were disenfranchised on account of a conviction, 2.47% of voting-age citizens.

5. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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   In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [12] [13] Comparing English-speaking developed countries; [9] the overall incarceration rate in the US was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, [12] the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 in 2020, [14] England and ...

6. Loss of rights due to criminal conviction - Wikipedia

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   Until 2018, Florida also denied the right to vote to all felons; this changed upon the passing of the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative. Felon jury exclusion. The lifetime exclusion of felons from jury service is the majority rule in the United States, used in 31 states and in federal courts.

7. Tennessee v. Garner - Wikipedia

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   Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the ...