Our Mission:  We are a social enterprise that partners with communities to transform society by honoring the humanity of people, reducing the impact of discriminatory mass incarceration and empowering people to live safe, healthy, productive lives through inspiration, affirmation and by overturning barriers.

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Labels Create Barriers

We believe that words are powerful and can be very stigmatizing and harmful when used to label our citizens who are or were formerly incarcerated. Let’s be clear, the individuals are first and foremost human beings!

We all need to remember that people released from prison or jail share common and descriptive names with everyone else in society to include: grandparent, parent, son and daughter, extended family member, friend, neighbor, colleague and employee. These are the only type of names that should ever be used to describe a person.

When talking about people who have been involved in the criminal justice system, here are labels to avoid and terms that are acceptable:

NEVER USE

Convict

ex-Con

Inmate

ex-Inmate

Offender

ex-Offender

Criminal

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NEWS

Hard Work, Support and Humor Help to Build Arlene's New Career in Recovery

We are fortunate to have dedicated and skilled employees that serve our clients with compassion. And sometimes, our past clients come full-circle to become amazing employees that help and inspire our clients. Arlene....Read more >>

Pioneer Industries Supports a Second Chance Workforce - King 5 TV

Watch KING 5 TV coverage on Pioneer Industries' practice of hiring formerly incarcerated individuals to build a successful aerospace manufacturing workforce, with comments from Pioneer Human Services' CEO, Tony Wright....Read more >>

Hiring an Untapped Workforce - the Formerly Incarcerated - Seattle Times

The Seattle Times wrote a front page article on Pioneer Industries aerospace manufacturing and our practice of hiring formerly incarcerated individuals. The article covers the benefits of hiring an "untapped workforce"....Read more >>

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Pioneer Human Services is a nonprofit (501c3) social enterprise. One-hundred percent of our revenues are reinvested within the organization.