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Job program for the formerly incarcerated seeks to address U.S. trucking industry shortage

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Jorge Badilla spent nearly a decade in federal prison for selling drugs from a housing project in Queens .

While in prison, Badilla earned his GED diploma and earned a GED while in prison.

The program is a partnership between the New York City's Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice and Emerge Career .

Six out of every 10 formerly incarcerated people are still jobless four years after getting out of prison.

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78

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75

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74

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informal

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English

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46

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