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Kansas Second Chance Act Grantee Helps Secure Tech Jobs for Women Returning Home from Prison

By Mai Tran, CSG Justice Center The Topeka Correctional Facility—Kansas’s only female correctional facility—is easing barriers to employment for wo...

Second Chance Act Grantee Work Reflects Pope's Belief in Rehabilitation

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center Staff In June 2014, 10 men signed up for a 6-week career training program with the goal of securing stable jo...

For LA’s Chronically Homeless, Recovery Is ‘Just In Reach’

By Maureen Richey, CSG Justice CenterThe top 10 percent of users of all public services in Los Angeles are people who are chronically homeless, repeat...

Santa Maria Hostel Offers Path to Recovery for Houston Women

The women of Santa Maria Hostel like to talk about miracles.They describe the miracle of meeting Amelia Murphy, director of Santa Maria’s Recovery Sup...

Rikers Program Provides “Green Technology” Job Training, Placements

By Mai P. TranDuring a ceremony on Rikers Island last month, William Torres told the crowded room, “I am a better man now than I was 12 years ago.”Tor...

Reentry Myth Busters

The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council...

Snapshot: Federal Benefits

Each year, about 640,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons and millions cycle through local jails. When reentry fails, the...

Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Reentry Fact Sheet

This publication was produced by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide information on BJA strategies that can ...

Policy and Corrections Leaders Weigh Tactics to Curb Recidivism

National Forum Brings Together 13 States Competing for “Statewide Recidivism Reduction” Grants Dr. Gary Dennis, Senior Policy Advisor a...

Second Chance Act Grants Help Further Promising Reentry Programs and Practices

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate In October 2013, 104 government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the country were awarded grants throu...

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