Do you ever feel as if your past decisions are like a giant cloud of fog, constantly lingering above? Maybe you cheated on a test or you scraped the side of your parents’ car without telling them the full truth. Everyone faces major decisions or events that can alter the future course of their lives. For some, this entails learning to live with a prior record or conviction. According to Brookings.edu, an estimated 120,000 college applicants in the United States have prior felony convictions, based on data from a survey conducted by the State University of New York. Although this is a small portion of the total population of 1.5 million individuals in prison and 1.9 million on probation according to The PEW Charitable Trusts, there may still be many members in the community and students on college campuses impacted by prior felony charges.
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