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"Ban the Box" Measures Help High Crime Neighborhoods

Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...

Council of State Governments Creates Pathways to Prosperity

Jails to Jobs The attitude of employers is often the biggest obstacle to employment for those with criminal records. It’s almost like hitting...

Watch: Employ Milwaukee Second Chance Highlights

Employ Milwaukee This video from Employ Milwaukee in Wisconsin highlights the partnership between corrections and workforce syst...

Hosting an Employer Engagement Event

People returning to their communities after incarceration may struggle to find and keep a job for a variety of reasons, including having limited educa...

A Design for Workforce Equity

This report from the Center for American Progress proposes building a new future-proof Workforce Equity Trust Fund (WETF) that will enshrine fundament...

Turning Street Hustle into Profits, Second Chances

The Clarion-Ledger By Jerry Mitchell What if those inside prison could take the hustle they learned on the streets and transform it into hustle ...

Opinion: Integrating the Social Safety Net into America’s Prisons

Salon By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson President Trump signed the First Step Act into law on December 21. The legislation represen...

May 30, 2017

Integrating Best Practices from Corrections and Workforce Systems to Match Jobseekers to Services

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceOf the more tha...

June 17, 2019

Facts and Myths: Health Care Employment Opportunities 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 AssistanceDownload a PDF o...

April 9, 2013

Work Release Centers, Day Reporting Centers, and Halfway Houses: What Impact do They Have on Public Safety

This webinar will provide a general overview of work release centers, day reporting centers, and halfway houses. The presenter will discuss the specif...

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