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Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers article cover
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Collateral Consequences

Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers

This article from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) offers a broader discussion, derived from an NIJ-hosted webinar, of the difficulty of clea...
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Collateral Consequences

Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights

According to this report from The Sentencing Project, laws in 48 states ban people with felony convictions from voting. The report shows that, in 2022...
Juvenile Justice: Young People and Restorative Justice online report
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Youth & Young Adults

Juvenile Justice: Young People and Restorative Justice

This web-based report from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) provides an overview of the restorative justice model as it app...
Trauma and Prospects for Reentry
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General Reentry

Trauma and Prospects for Reentry

This Annual Review of Criminology published by Annual Reviews explores the prevalence and impact of trauma on individuals with incarceration hi...
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Evaluation & Sustainability

They Can't Quit Recidivism: A New Vision for Evaluating Community Safety Work

This report from the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly the Center for Court Innovation) shares a new vision for evaluating community safety work...
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Housing

Explainer: Creating Housing Opportunities for People with Complex Health Needs Leaving Incarceration

According to this article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with an affordable housing crisis across the U.S., it is i...
Second Chance Pell: Five Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016-2021 Cover
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Education & Employment

Second Chance Pell: Five Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016-2021

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines whether expanding access to financial aid increases incarcerated adults' participation in post...
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Collateral Consequences

Guide to State Voting Rules That Apply After a Criminal Conviction

This guide from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is designed to help people with criminal convictions unders...
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Research & Statistics

The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After Prison

According to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, recidivism is an inadequate measurement of success after...
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General Reentry

Podcast: Chris Poulos: Making the Most of Second Chances

This episode of the Justice Today Podcast, the official podcast of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), features a conversation with a former White...

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