Hired After Bars provides employment focused and community centered initiatives that support justice impacted individuals through reentry, including second chance hiring partnerships, career exposure programming, resume support, and restorative community campaigns.
Our national campaign highlights employers across the U.S. who practice second chance hiring. Participants can watch videos of these companies, learn about available roles, and understand company culture and expectations.

Fair chance hiring creates pathways to employment for qualified individuals with criminal records while helping businesses build stronger, more inclusive workforces. By becoming a fair chance employer, companies can expand their talent pool, reduce turnover, and support successful reentry outcomes.

1. Access motivated and overlooked talent
2. Strengthen workforce diversity and inclusion
3. Support reduced recidivism through stable employment
4. Demonstrate community and social impact
5. Build partnerships with reentry and workforce organizations
The list goes on.

Hired After Bars works with employers committed to second chance hiring by connecting businesses directly with formerly incarcerated individuals seeking meaningful employment opportunities.
Hired After Bars can help you create a professional resume to support your employment journey. Email us to schedule a call, or simply send your skills and previous work experience. We’ll build your resume and send it back for your review before you apply.
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At Hired After Bars, we highlight individuals in our network who are seeking employment opportunities, career advancement, and reentry support. Each profile represents lived experience, professional skills, and the potential that comes through fair chance hiring and workforce connection.

Allison Vaughn is currently working in retail management while pursuing her GED and exploring pathways into veterinary care. With experience across customer service, pharmacy delivery, and operations, she is focused on building long term educational and career stability.

Destin Vaughn has extensive experience in machine operation, construction labor, recycling operations, and assembly work. His background reflects strong hand on skills, consistency, and reliability across industrial and labor sectors.
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A virtual event series connecting justice impacted individuals with professionals in accessible career fields. Participants gain insight into job opportunities and pathways to meaningful employment, guided by formerly incarcerated professionals who have demonstrated personal growth and successful reintegration.
Explore real job opportunities and gain insight from formerly incarnated professionals who have successfully entered the work place.
We provide written transcripts of our videos to ensure accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, as well as anyone who benefits from text based access to our employment and reentry resources.
Hired After Bars is committed to inclusivity and ensuring our content is accessible to all members of the community.
Moments Before & After Bars creates spaces for justice impacted individuals to be seen, celebrated, and reminded of their humanity, while sharing moments of joy, connection, and growth.

In partnership with Reform Alliance, The Ladies of Hope Ministries, and Kim Kardashian, we supported over 50 incarcerated women by providing $1,500 travel grants to help them reunite with their families for Mother’s Day.

In partnership with JustWrite Inc., we launched a global Father’s Day letter writing initiative that has delivered over 300 messages of encouragement to incarcerated fathers, also including contact information to support continued connection and help individuals access employment opportunities upon release.

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