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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...

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

Honolulu Civil Beat By Chad Blair Hawaii's prison population has dropped 5 percent since July 2012, a figure that includes a 12 percent reductio...

Associated Press By Associated Press Staff A new law in North Dakota will end monthly child support obligations for parents who are sentence...

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

The Register-Herald By Wendy Holdren By volunteering just a few hours each month, mentors can change the lives of the men and women asking for h...

The Marshall Project By Maurica Chammah and Joseph Neff In 2010, Cindy Stubbs was nearing the end of a 14-year sentence in a South Carolina pris...

The Crime Report By Crime Report Staff When an analysis found that Miami-Dade County spent nearly $14 million in combined jail and health care c...

NJ.com By Noah Cohen Officials on Thursday announced a Newark prisoner reentry program that will focus on providing services, including employme...

New Haven Register By Clare Dignan About 100 people come out of prison to return home to the city every month. This week begins an awareness cam...