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Moving from Prison to a PhD

Nature By Virginia Gewin Most applications to academic institutions around the world include a box to check if a student has a criminal history,...

WLRN By Shawn Mulcahy Florida prisoners will have new education opportunities under a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott. In an overinflated job m...

The Associated Press By Grace Connatser, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Caliph Muab'El entered the court system at 15 years old and was...

Breitbart By Sarah Rumpf AUSTIN, Texas — Texas voters strongly support the criminal justice reforms passed in recent years, and would like to se...

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...

The Crime Report By Vincent Schiraldi As U.S. policy makers look to dismantle mass incarceration, a pair of New Zealand programs that involve th...

WCBI By William Folkes Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce and the Paroled to Pride organization are fighting recidivism rates. Paroled to P...

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

The Crime Report By TCR Staff Why has crime declined in the U.S. over recent decades? A new Urban Institute report on a Colora...

Missoulian By Vince Devlin POLSON – Michael Batista, the director of the Montana Department of Corrections, likes the story, even if it wasn...