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The Case for Paid Apprenticeships Behind Bars

Governments at all levels can take steps to improve the employment outcomes of people released from prison and jail—beginning while they are still beh...

Technology Bridges Distances for a Reentry Program in Western Wisconsin

By Maureen Richey, CSG Justice Center A screenshot of Workforce Connections' online mentor training This is the s...

Proposed Ban the Box Rule for Federal Employment

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. In May 2016, th...

Federal Interagency Reentry Council Fact Sheet

The Federal Interagency Reentry Council has been working together for five years to reduce recidivism and improve employment, education, hou...

HUD Says Denying Rentals to People with Criminal Records May Violate Fair Housing Act

By the CSG Justice CenterOn April 4, the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued “Guidance on A...

St. Louis Second Chance Act Grantee Sees Promise in New Prison-to-Reentry Program

By the CSG Justice CenterFrom Prison to Prosperity, a new program offered by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE), seeks to curb re...

Opinion: How Federal Investments Make Us Smarter about Reducing Recidivism

By Michael Thompson Director, The Council of State Governments Justice Center Criminologists routinely lament politicians who, responding to headli...

Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth

This issue brief highlights the key findings of the survey and provides state and local policymakers with policy and practice recommendations to impro...

The Consideration of Criminal Records in Hiring Decisions

This factsheet, produced by the CSG Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center in partnership with the National Employment Law Project, is de...

For the Formerly Incarcerated, Peer Mentoring Can Offer Chance to ‘Give Back’

By Maureen Richey, CSG Justice CenterAt Detroit Central City Community Mental Health in Wayne County, Michigan, clients used to arrive to see their cl...

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