Louisiana Is First State To Ban Public Colleges From Asking About Criminal History
The "ban the box" movement is designed to open opportunities to the tens of millions of Americans with some kind of criminal record.
Louisiana has become the first state to prohibit all public universities from asking applicants about their criminal history.
By some estimates, as many as 70 to 100 million Americans have some kind of criminal record.
And the proportion is far higher in some minority
