KPMG hires ex-prisoners with support of UK gov't

LONDON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- KPMG is hiring ex-prisoners in a drive to help cut crime and re-offending rates, with the support of the British government.

The accounting firm has become the first white-collar British business to employ ex-offenders as part of a pilot program, and the British government has urged other major British companies to recruit ex-convicts after they served their prison sentences.