Report: Unemployment rate in District's ex-cons leads to more crime

A new report has found that of the roughly 8,000 people behind bars who have served their time and are released to the District each year, half of them will be locked up again within three years.

The report, released Thursday by the Council for Court Excellence — an ex-convict advocacy group — said a big factor in ex-cons’ inability to transition to a new life is because they can’t get a job that pays the bills.