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Opinion: Hiring Returning Citizens Is Good for Business

Chicago Tribune By Jamie Dimon and Arne Duncan Even as the labor market tightens and more than 6 million U.S. jobs remain unfilled, the search f...

Rural Re-entry Program Saves Money, Lives, Director Says

Herald Chronicle A resounding success, the Middle Tennessee Rural Re-entry Program boasts a drastic reduction in the recidivism rate for those part...

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 ...

Opinion: Out of Jail, Into a Job

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

Opinion: Integrating the Social Safety Net into America’s Prisons

Salon By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson President Trump signed the First Step Act into law on December 21. The legislation represen...

Training the Brain to Stay out of Jail

The Marshall Project By Eli Hager Growing up in public housing in North Charleston, S.C., in the 1970s, David Hayward was familiar with poverty,...

JPMorgan Wants to Hire People with Criminal Backgrounds

CNN Business By Anneken Tappe JPMorgan wants to give people with criminal records a second chance at a good job. The United States is boasting...

Council of State Governments Creates Pathways to Prosperity

Jails to Jobs The attitude of employers is often the biggest obstacle to employment for those with criminal records. It’s almost like hitting...

Shifting Social Gears to Tackle Poverty, Recidivism

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...

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...

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