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Economic sanctions. Collateral consequences. Permanent punishments. There are 44,000 restrictive federal laws, rules, and policies that continue to penalize people long after they have served their sentence in prison. Permanent Punishment, a four-part series, examines this stark reality faced by nearly 3.3 million men and women in Illinois. Airing on “Chicago Tonight” Oct. 3-7. Read and watch the series.
Kimberly Moss has high hopes — literally.
“I want to be a tower crane operator. I’m not afraid of heights,” Moss says with a laugh.
She’s working on developing the skills she needs through the Chicago Women in Trades training program.
“I love everything about the program. I love how they push you,” she said.
It’s a solid position to be in, after her previous struggles finding work.
“I was working at the post office and because of my background they fired me,” Moss said. “It broke me down, put me into depression, honestly. Because the way they went about it, it coulda changed. But I guess it is what it is.”
Her background involves a criminal record, and time spent “in and out” of prison.
Moss — like many people with similar backgrounds — battles to keep her past from holding her back.
One of her classmates is Latifah Curry, who’s been home from prison for nearly 10 years after a drug felony.
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