2024 Mississippi Re-Entry Fair; the event gives opportunities to former inmates to find work [Video]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Mississippi Department of Corrections is working with the Governor’s Job Fair Network to host a Re-Entry Job fair at Sparkman Auditorium on Thursday.

“Everybody deserves a second chance. We all make mistakes every day. Right? Don’t let one mistake determine someone’s future,” George King, MDOC Statewide Re-Entry Director said.

Over 20 businesses, community colleges and organizations participated in today’s event, giving the over 100 people who attended the opportunity for on-site interviews, with the chance of receiving a job offer.

The Department of Employment Security has hosted these re-entry job fairs for 6 years now.

“You take someone who may not have been able to work for their family or provide for their family for however long for whatever reason. Now, [that] you have given that individual the opportunity to provide, who’s not going to take advantage of that? And who’s not going to be …