Branson looks to jails to find new workers

SIR RICHARD BRANSON might not immediately spring to mind as someone prepared to champion a positive attitude towards offenders, but he is actively encouraging his Virgin group of companies to employ people freshly released from prison, and even some who are still inside and working towards release.

''Everybody deserves a second chance,'' he says. ''A lot of people end up in there because they've had a lot of bad luck in their lives.''

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