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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...

Connecting People Returning from Incarceration with Housing and Homelessness Assistance

This tipsheet from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness provides practical tips for how corrections agencies, reentry service providers, state...

Criminal Justice Reform in 2015: Year End Review

Huffington Post Criminal justice reform continued to build momentum this year within the inner sanctum of the Beltway and across the nation in a h...

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...

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...

Research, Community Supervision Agency Partnership Is Central to Grant Program

By Heather Tubman-Carbone, Policy AnalystThe Smart Supervision grant program aims to improve probation and parole success rates and reduce crime by he...

Connecticut Launches Prison-Based Reentry Center as Part of Statewide Initiative

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. MalloyAs part of Governor Dannel Malloy’s Second Chance Society reentry initiative, Connecticut has opened a new reent...

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...

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