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By Mai Tran, CSG Justice Center The Topeka Correctional Facility—Kansas’s only female correctional facility—is easing barriers to employment for wo...
This issue brief highlights the key findings of the survey and provides state and local policymakers with policy and practice recommendations to impro...
This factsheet, produced by the CSG Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center in partnership with the National Employment Law Project, is de...
Nearly one in three adults in South Carolina—1.1 million people—have a criminal record. Many of them also have trouble finding a job, not necessarily ...
This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. In June 201...
This article focuses primarily on juvenile justice policies and practices for youth returning to their communities from out-of-home placements (e.g., ...
By Mai P. TranFor Gary W., coming home after ten years in prison wasn’t easy. Just days after his release, his wife died of cancer, and Gary then spen...
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...
MEMPHIS, TN—A group of influential local business leaders joined state and local policymakers in Memphis last month to discuss opportunities and chall...
By Liam JulianAround 65 million Americans of working age have criminal records. Finding a job isn’t easy for anyone, but it’s especially difficult for...