Grafton prisoners learn job skills but employers hard to find

For every former prisoner seeking a job, there needs to be a willing employer. But many businesses won’t hire someone with a criminal record. They worry what people will think or that the ex-offender might revert to his or her old ways. Grafton, which is in Lorain County, and other prisons offer a variety of scholastic and vocational classes to at least improve an inmates chances.

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