Any carriers that will hire felons

I have a friend that was just released from prison in the last month, he's been studying the CDL manual for the last couple of months he was locked up. He really wants to go to truck driving school so he can get a job and provide for his family. Being a driver myself, hes been asking me a bunch of questions. But I just don't know if it will even be worth it for him to go spend all that money to go to school and then run the risk of not being able to find a job. He has some kind of robbery charge from when he was 17 and tried as an adult. He was just released after nearly 10 years in prison. He's never in his adult life even had a regular drivers license. So I guess the question is, if he puts out the money to go to a private truck driving school, will it be possible to find a job? He said he knows that he'll have to deal with working for a crappy company for awhile, and he seems fine with that, until he gets enough experience to move onto a better gig. I just don't have any experience with felonies so I really don't know what to tell him.

 

I've heard about carolina cargo a few times. I don't think he really cares about how bad a company is to start with. Just wants to get his foot into the industry. From what you guys have said it looks like he would have some options. Yes, he'll get his CDL. He put in an application tonight for the school that I went to since they have financial aid and dorm rooms. I