PHOENIX — Those hoping to repair their criminal history had a chance to learn more about the process at a workshop hosted at CPLC's Central Park Rec Center in Phoenix on Friday.
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Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) and Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services (ALWAYS) partnered to share information about how people can address their past criminal history.
Those with a criminal record can struggle with job prospects, housing and other opportunities.
"A lot of people with criminal records have extreme biases put against them from society in general. And so we want to help them get basic necessities like housing and employment and a lot of these criminal history repairs, so set-asides, expungements, all of the above can actually help improve those odds of being able to find both of those," Rachel Holesha, Legal Advocate with ALWAYS, said.
Friday's workshop with a broad overview of the process was the first, but another is scheduled for October 18 at the CPLC Central Park Rec Center at 140 E. Tonto St. Phoenix, AZ 85004. A clinic at CPLC Keogh at 3620 N. 4th Ave 85013 on October 28 will offer one one-on-one legal meetings.