Californians with convictions face over 4,800 laws that impose harmful collateral consequences long after successful completion of a sentence, most of...
A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
This report is the result of a gathering of 20 local leaders from across the country who came together to form the National League of Cities Housing T...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
This compendium includes material drawn from Brennan Center reports, policy proposals, issue briefs, public remarks, legal briefs, and congressional t...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
During 2016, at least 17 states adopted reforms that are targeted at reducing prison populations and addressing collateral consequences for people wit...
This report from the Prison Policy Initiative provides the first estimate of homelessness among the five million formerly incarcerated people living i...
