tangible benefits for thousands of former inmates who have paid their debt to society but are still shut out of a second chance. like the nearly 75% of ex-offenders who remain jobless up to a year after their release. as snore paul puts, it the biggest impediment to civil rights and employment in our country is a criminal record. our current system is broken and has trapped tens of thousands of young men and women in a cycle of poverty and incarceration. many of these young people could escape this trap if criminal justice were reformed, if records were expunged after time served and if if noen violent crimes did not become a permanent block preventing unemployment. seema eyre, former civil rights attorney. piper kerman author of orange is the new black and glenn martin, president and founder of just leadership usa which ames to cut prison population in half by 2030. thank you all for being here.