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11 States Report Reduction in Three-Year Recidivism Rates

The Crime Report By Megan Hadley States are showing a reduction in their three-year, return-to-prison rates, according to new data revealed...

How Letting Felons Vote Is Changing Virginia

The Atlantic By Vann R. Newkirk II Richmond is hot in the summer. August days in Virginia’s capital feature the kind of heat that shimmers in wa...

Learning Violin Helped Me Survive Prison

The Marshall Project By Jason Naradzay First, let me situate you: doors clanging, people yelling, guards barking. The noise in prison is non-sto...

Alabama's First Day Reporting Center for Ex-Offenders Open in Birmingham

Trussville Tribune By Tribune Staff JEFFERSON COUNTY – The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles hosted an open house Monday at the state’s first...

National Groups Highlight Massachusetts' Success Reducing Recidivism

MassLive By Shira Schoenberg National organizations focused on reforming criminal justice systems have highlighted Massachusetts as a top s...

Kansas Jail Expands Re-Entry Program to Reduce Recidivism

Topeka Capital-Journal By Katie Moore The Shawnee County Jail is expanding its re-entry program in an effort aimed at reducing recidivism. Ja...

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...

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...

California Enacts Modest Occupational Licensing Reform

Collateral Consequences Resource Center By David Schlussel On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 2...

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...

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