By THE JEFFERSON EXCHANGE TEAM Getting a job can be an adventure in the best of circumstances.  Having a criminal record is not the best of circumstances, but people with prison…

When he was homeless, addicted and committing crimes, Ben Chown walked by the Addictions Recovery Center in Medford -- never imagining he would someday work there as a counselor. He…

BY  VICKIE ALDOUS February 28, 2018 Medford Mail Tribune   With unemployment below 5 percent in the Medford area, even people with criminal records are landing jobs. "For someone who has…