Reducing Crime & Helping Former Inmates Reclaim the American Dream—John Koufos [CPAC 2020]

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”

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March 24, 2020Updated: March 25, 2020

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In this episode of American Thought Leaders ??, we sit down with John Koufos, the National Director of Reentry Initiatives at Right on Crime and the Executive Director of Safe Streets & Second Chances.

Previously, he was a criminal lawyer until he was convicted for drunk driving. After getting out of prison, he helped to create the New Jersey Reentry Corp (NJRC), which removes barriers to employment for former inmates. Many formerly incarcerated Americans have to deal with all kinds of technical violations and hurdles to reobtaining driver’s licenses, which is a requirement in many cases for former prisoners to get a job.

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