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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 ...

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...

Governing By Timothy P. Silard There's no mystery about one of the most effective ways to end mass incarceration in America: reducing...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

The Guardian By Autumn Spanne Jimmy Erickson went to prison for a violent felony when he was 25. When he was released, at 46, he felt reformed a...