This fact sheet was produced by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide information on BJA-funded programs that ...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
This report highlights that, no matter its severity, a criminal record carries a heavy burden, leading to decreased employment opportunities, less tha...
This report from the National Consumer Law Center and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center explores the extent to which court debt—such as crim...
This grant program provides Second Chance Act funding to develop a strategic plan for integrating correctional and employment programming/systems and/...
According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...
This article, published by The Center for Evidence-based Solutions to Homelessness, focuses on programs that seek to disrupt the relationship between ...