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Eligible, but excluded: A guide to removing the barriers to jail voting

As this brief from the Prison Policy Initiative explores, most people in jail are legally eligible to vote, but in practice, they cannot. This “de fac...

Improving Responses to People Who Have Co-occurring Mental Illnesses and Substance Use Disorders in Jails

People with co-occurring mental illnesses and substance use disorders—also known simply as co-occurring disorders—have complex needs tha...

WATCH: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Joins Face to Face Initiative to Highlight Substance Addiction Treatment Needs in Criminal Justice System

By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff Gov. Doug Burgum became the latest governor to join the Face to Face initiative, a nat...

New Web Tool Provides Look at Often-Overlooked Legal, Regulatory Restrictions Against People who have Criminal Convictions

By NRRC Staff NICCC Collateral consequences are penalties buried in various laws that can limit or prohibit people convicted of crimes from find...

Seeking New Perspective, Interview Series Gives Firsthand Look at Criminal Record Clearance Experiences

By Carla Sinclair, CSG Justice Center staff With awareness of the need for criminal justice reform on the rise across the country, hearing stories ...

White House Hosts Governors and Business Executives to Discuss Benefits of Hiring People Who Have Criminal Records

#carouselExampleIndicators .carousel-indicators li { background-color: #004b8d; } Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (left) and Colorado Gov. John Hic...

Expand Criminal Record Clearance Policies

Policymakers from across the political spectrum are considering policies to clear some types of criminal records. Criminal record clearance removes ...

Second Chance Act Program Spotlight: Paths to Recovery, Santa Maria Hostel—Harris County, Texas

By the CSG Justice Center Program Basics: Click here to tweet above image. Santa Maria Hostel provides substance use treatment and supportiv...

From Jailhouse to Coffeehouse, SCA-Funded Program Supports People in Omaha During and After Incarceration

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice CenterSeveral days after Cortney was arrested on drug charges in October 2016, she called her mother from Nebraska’s Do...

Allegheny County Officials, Employers Join Push to Eliminate Labels for People with Criminal Records

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice CenterIn Allegheny County, PA, the state’s Workforce Investment Board estimates that there will be more than 8,000 unfi...

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