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New Law Helps Offenders Who Help Themselves

The Pantagraph By Edith Brady-Lunny SPRINGFIELD — A new Illinois law gives a break to ex-offenders who finish high school and other courses whil...

Roadmap to Reentry

This publication from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) identifies five evidence-based principles guiding federal efforts to improve the correction...

Offenders Get Second Chance with Program

The Register-Herald By Wendy Holdren By volunteering just a few hours each month, mentors can change the lives of the men and women asking for h...

New-Crime Recidivism Rates Continue to Show Modest Improvement

The Connecticut Mirror By Clarice Silber and Jake Kara After years of state-backed efforts to reduce recidivism, a new report made public today ...

Criminal Background Checks: Impact on Employment and Recidivism

This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...

DOJ Grants: 'Identify a Need in Your Community'

NACo By Mary Ann Barton Andre Bethea, policy advisor for Corrections and Reentry, Justice Department, has a message for counties: “I can’t make ...

April 21, 2022

The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) hosted a webinar to discuss under-researched aspects of reentry: expungement of criminal records and the impac...

April 19, 2023

Preparing Justice-Impacted People for Infrastructure Jobs

This webinar, hosted by the Vera Institute of Justice, will showcase three 2021 Second Chance Act grantees and their connections to up-to-date infrast...

November 29, 2016

Planning for Sustainability: Supporting Community-Based Reentry Programs

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceThis webinar di...

April 19, 2017

Vermont Department of Corrections' Four-Step Process for Effective Policy Development

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceIn order to cul...

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