Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights

Brief
Topics:
Collateral Consequences
Community Supervision: Probation and Parole
Correctional Education
Correctional Supervision: Prisons and Jails
Criminal and Juvenile Records
Records Clearance, Expungement, and Sealing
Voting Rights
Reentry population:
Adults
Date:
Source:
The Sentencing Project

Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights

The studies featured in this brief from the Sentencing Project underscore the beneficial impacts of restoring voting rights for all Americans who have been convicted of a felony, whether they are inside or outside of prison. As noted in the brief, voting is a key prosocial behavior that is associated with reduced criminal conduct. (Source: The Sentencing Project; April 25, 2023)