04/10/2026
Getting a Job After Prison Is Harder Than You Think:
The part no one prepares you for isn’t the rejection. It’s the silence before it.
It’s second-guessing every application. It’s holding back from even trying because you already know how it might end. It’s carrying your past into rooms where no one says it out loud, but you feel it anyway.
At the National Returning Citizens Conference, John Dearing III shares what survival really looks like when opportunity feels out of reach.
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