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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...

Where ‘Returning Citizens’ Find Housing after Prison

Stateline By Teresa Wiltz For those who’ve been locked up in prison for years, finding a home on the outside can be rough. Parole restrictions m...

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...

The Victims Who Don’t Count

The Marshall Project By Alysia Santo After his father was murdered in Sarasota, Florida, in 2015, Anthony "Amp" Campbell was in shock. Not only ...

Colorado Community-Based Reentry Program Lowers Recidivism: Study

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Minor Crimes Get ‘Clean Slate’ in Utah

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” th...

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