From incarceration to employment: investing in prisoner job training

Hiring from among an overlooked workforce can have a strong return on investment

By: Anthony Tone Payton

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: December 1, 2025

Words: 1,963

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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When Julian Miller of Hudson isn’t driving a cement mixing truck, you can find him giving motivational speeches in high schools and organizations from Boston to New Hampshire. Both in his speeches and not, he talks about the anchors to his stability: faith, family, and his job.

His story is similar to that of many men and women re-entering society after incarceration.

Miller, a father and husband, has a background involving substance misuse and incarceration, …

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