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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...

Shifting Social Gears to Tackle Poverty, Recidivism

The Heights By Alessandro Zenati Outside the double doors of an atrium leading to Google’s Cambridge headquarters, in the center of the MIT acad...

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 ...

How Tech Firms Are Embracing Ex-prisoners

Fortune By Jennifer Alsever Richard Bronson made millions on Wall Street in the 1990s, but by 2005 he found himself destitute with no home and n...

Research & Commentary: Lowering Professional Licensing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

The Heartland Institute By Matthew Glans Nearly one in three Americans need an occupational license to do their job, even though these...

Parole Reforms Promise Prison Cost Savings

The Times Herald “He who opens a school door, closes a prison,” said French author Victor Hugo. Perhaps it’s not an apples and oranges compariso...

Opinion: Tightening Access to Criminal Records

BusinessWest.com By Brad McDougall The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a criminal-justice reform bill that narrows the ability of empl...

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...

Turning Street Hustle into Profits, Second Chances

The Clarion-Ledger By Jerry Mitchell What if those inside prison could take the hustle they learned on the streets and transform it into hustle ...

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...

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