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Fiscal Year 2021 Second Chance Act Programs

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The Second Chance Act: The First Five Years

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the Second Chance Act, the landmark legislation authorizing federal grants to support programs aimed at ...
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Financial Incentives for Using Electronic Health Records in Corrections

The 2009 Recovery Act included the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act incentivizes hospitals ...
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White House Honors “Champions of Change” for Their Work With Children of Incarcerated Parents

On June 12, 2013, the White House hosted the “Children of Incarcerated Parents Champions of Change” event, honoring 12 individuals dedicated to improv...
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FCC Cuts High Interstate Phone Rates for Prisoners

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate On August 9, the Federal Communications Commission voted to cut the high cost of interstate phone calls made by i...
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Reforming A System: An Inside Perspective on How Ohio Achieved a Record-Low Recidivism Rate

By Gary C. Mohr, Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction EDITOR'S NOTE- In late 2010, Ohio’s prisons were 33 percent overc...
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Q&A with Adrienne Noti, Senior Program Analyst at the Office of Child Support Enforcement

Many people released from prison have a substantial amount of debt to repay, and child support is often a significant part of these financial obligati...
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Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment

Developed by the National Employment Law Project, this report focuses on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks. It found that ne...
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Three-Quarter Houses: The View from the Inside

Developed by the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and in collaboration with MFY Legal Services and Neighb...
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act Introduced; CSG Justice Center Releases New Report Highlighting Grantee Successes

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (...
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Managing Prison Health Care Spending

This report by The Pew Charitable Trusts examines state spending on inmate health care and the factors driving costs higher. Nationwide, spending on h...

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