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Returning to a Real Home: Former Inmates Get Second Chance in Public Housing

The Guardian By Amy Lieberman Nearly 10 years in prison is long enough to make someone dependent on the basic necessities: food, housing and hea...

The Need for a Helping Hand

Portland Tribune By Peter Korn Robert Lyday never even made it past the sidewalk in front of the Old Town Greyhound bus station. He’d been re...

Life After ‘17 to Life’

The New York Times By Joseph Rodriguez and Nell Bernstein In California, known for decades as one of the nation’s most avid jailers, the traject...

After Prison, More Punishment

The Washington Post By Tracy Jan He had spent 17 of his 46 years behind bars, locked in a pattern of addiction and crime that led to 16 prison t...

Work for Success Causes More than 1,000 Businesses to Hire Nearly 2,000 New Yorkers

Riverheadlocal.com Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced updated placement numbers and other significant accomplishments in connecting formerly ...

Newark Reentry Initiative Aims to Cut Recidivism, Prevent Homicide

NJTV News By Erin Delmore “When a fellow coming out of prison gets a job, it helps everyone,” said Sen. Cory Booker. A million dollar federal...

Opinion: The Financial Knowledge Inmates Need to Reenter Society

Governing By John Wetzel and Robin L. Wiessmann One of the many challenges facing corrections officials and policymakers across the c...

Council of State Governments Creates Pathways to Prosperity

Jails to Jobs The attitude of employers is often the biggest obstacle to employment for those with criminal records. It’s almost like hitting...

Opinion: Out of Jail, Into a Job

Governing By Timothy P. Silard There's no mystery about one of the most effective ways to end mass incarceration in America: reducing...

Freaky Friday, Prison-Style

The Marshall Project By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. No one knew what we were signing up for, but we volunteered for the “re-entry-to-society simulator”...

Reentry Population

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