In search of workers, home builders and auto makers back prison reform

Published December 5, 2018 10:11pm ET



Break their shackles and let us hand them a hammer.

That is the message the National Association of Homebuilders, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent Congress in a letter urging their support of prison reform. The sooner the Senate sends the so-called FIRST STEP Act to President Trump, the sooner they promise to start hiring.

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