Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that ov...
This report, from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), explores the exclusion of people with criminal records from work, which severely impacts...
This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), documents both the failings and accomplishments of the Transportation Worker Identificati...
Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
Each year, the increasing number of people who have opioid addictions impacts communities across the United States. In 2016, substance overdoses (fuel...
This three-year pilot project tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and increase job readiness for people returning to their communities ...
The report from the Urban Institute outlines necessary elements to guide states in defining, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating recidivism data,...
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...