This brief from The Sentencing Project details that, in 2020, 5.2 million Americans were prohibited from voting due to laws that disenfranchise citize...
On June 23, 2021, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge outlined actions that the Department is taking to i...
As this brief from the Prison Policy Initiative explores, most people in jail are legally eligible to vote, but in practice, they cannot. This “de fac...
Policymakers from across the political spectrum are considering policies to clear some types of criminal records. Criminal record clearance removes ...
This report, from Urban Institute, explores the two main types of criminal background checks used by employers in the United States: those requiring j...
In this report, from Urban Institute, the authors review the evidence on job access for people with criminal records, racial discrimination in the job...