Job fair for convicted felons draws thousands, ties up traffic! accordiong to a new at khou.com. Federal stimulus dollars made The Road to Re-entry Job Fair possible. It was meant to give convicted felons job placement skills and training. Organizers expected a crowd of several hundred people. Instead, more than 3,000 showed up by late Wednesday afternoon.

“I’m an ex-con and that’s the main thing that’s holding me back,” said Lavell Byrd, who went to the job fair searching for an opportunity. Read the rest of the story >