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June 23, 2021

HUD Actions to Address Reentry Housing Needs and Increase Public Safety

On June 23, 2021, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge outlined actions that the Department is taking to i...

The Victims Who Don’t Count

The Marshall Project By Alysia Santo After his father was murdered in Sarasota, Florida, in 2015, Anthony "Amp" Campbell was in shock. Not only ...

Opinion: Clean the Slate for Nonviolent Offenders

By Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Allegheny County District Attorney For the past 20 years, my office has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of criminal cas...

Michigan Drops Conviction Box from Job, License Applications

Associated Press By David Eggert Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain occupational ...

New Law Helps Offenders Who Help Themselves

The Pantagraph By Edith Brady-Lunny SPRINGFIELD — A new Illinois law gives a break to ex-offenders who finish high school and other courses whil...

An ‘Amazon’ Approach to Testing Criminal Justice Reforms

The Crime Report By Dane Stallone Analyzing whether new policies and practices to reform the criminal justice system actually work can be t...

Minor Crimes Get ‘Clean Slate’ in Utah

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” th...

Why Reentry Programs? Why Now?

Houston Chronicle By Brooke A. Lewis and Maggie Gordon After decades of putting more and more people behind bars, the U.S. now has the world's h...

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...

Do Renters' past Crimes Matter? Study Says Often Not.

Finance and Commerce By William Morris Every landlord wants to find reliable, rule-abiding tenants. A new study by four local developers suggest...

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