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April 26, 2021

Wisconsin Program Helps People Find Jobs After Prison

This blog post discusses how Wisconsin is taking strides to provide job support for people who have been incarcerated as means to reduce recidivism by...

Can Hiring Ex-Offenders Make a Business More Profitable?

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...

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...

Offenders Get Second Chance with Program

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...

Watch: Employ Milwaukee Second Chance Highlights

Employ Milwaukee This video from Employ Milwaukee in Wisconsin highlights the partnership between corrections and workforce syst...

End "Stovepipe Approach" to Public Safety, State Officials Told

The Crime Report By Ted Gest To many Americans, “criminal justice reform” means addressing two prominent challenges: reining in abusive police o...

Prison Unit Helps Inmates Prepare for Freedom

News Channel 3 By News Channel 3 Staff Every morning, Amelia Stem wakes up, pulls her clothes from the closet and gets ready for work. S...

Reentry Week Programs for Formerly Incarcerated

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 Sister of Second Chances

The New York Times By John Leland Venita Pinckney grew up around Catholic schools and churches, and she thought she knew about nuns. Then a smal...

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 ...

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