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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 ...

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...

Michigan Drops Conviction Box from Job, License Applications

Associated Press By David Eggert Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain occupational ...

November 4, 2014

Webinar: “Expungement: Policy and Practice in the South”

Hosted by The National H.I.R.E. NetworkThis webinar provides an overview of policy trends regarding the expungement/sealing of criminal record informa...

June 28, 2017

Engaging Employers: A Sector-Based Approach to Employment for People with Criminal Records

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceA sector-based ...

April 10, 2018

Reducing Barriers to Employment—Building Partnerships with Civil Legal Aid

Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. D...

Ban the Box and Racial Discrimination

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...

Collateral Consequences Resource Center Launched

The Collateral Consequences Resource Center, launched in the fall of 2014, provides news and commentary about developments in courts and legislat...

August 24, 2021

Webinar: Introduction to the Focus on Reentry: Criminal Justice Guide

Following the release of the Focus on Reentry: Criminal Justice companion guide to their Your Money, Your Goals financial empowerment r...

November 29, 2023

Is Voting a Crime? The Criminalization of Voting: Overview of Voter Prosecutions

VIEW THIS WEBINAR The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filmed a panel discussion of the reprehensible cycle of criminalization some...

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