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Expand Criminal Record Clearance Policies

Policymakers from across the political spectrum are considering policies to clear some types of criminal records. Criminal record clearance removes ...

Fact Sheet: Looking Beyond Conviction History: Recommendations for Public Housing Authority Admissions Policies

Safe, affordable housing is essential for the millions of people released from U.S. jails and prisons each year. But most public housing aut...

Looking Beyond Conviction History: Recommendations for Public Housing Authority Admissions Policies

This fact sheet provides eight recommendations for public housing authorities to rethink limits on public housing for people with criminal conviction ...
Clean Slate

Beyond Confidentiality: Modernizing Criminal Record Clearance Policies in the Digital Age

This brief discusses the strategies some states have developed to ensure that clearance remains as effective as possible in the digital age.
Clean Slate

The Limits of Ban-the-Box Legislation

This Institute for Research on Labor and Employment brief serves to provide policy recommendations on Ban-the-Box (BtB), employment, and reentry. T...

Q&A with Adrienne Noti, Senior Program Analyst at the Office of Child Support Enforcement

Many people released from prison have a substantial amount of debt to repay, and child support is often a significant part of these financial obligati...

White House Hosts Governors and Business Executives to Discuss Benefits of Hiring People Who Have Criminal Records

#carouselExampleIndicators .carousel-indicators li { background-color: #004b8d; } Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (left) and Colorado Gov. John Hic...

Justice Reinvestment in Ohio: Reducing Recidivism Through Treatment

This policy framework from The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center outlines recommendations developed as a part of a Justice R...

Federal Interagency Reentry Council Fact Sheet

The Federal Interagency Reentry Council has been working together for five years to reduce recidivism and improve employment, education, hou...

The Consideration of Criminal Records in Hiring Decisions

This factsheet, produced by the CSG Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center in partnership with the National Employment Law Project, is de...

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