Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
This policy brief from the Sentencing Project describes key state legislation and reforms from 2018 that were designed to reduce the scale of incarcer...
In response to significant concern over a lack of stable housing for individuals reentering the community after sexual offense convictions, the Connec...
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...
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 new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...
Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines seasonal patterns in violent and household property incidents in the United States from 199...
Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...