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Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility

With this report, from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the author's inquiry focuses on the intersection of incarceration and mobility, fields tha...
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A Scorecard on the Post-9/11 Port Worker Background Checks: Model Worker Protections Provide a Lifeline for People of Color, While Major TSA Delays Leave Thousands Jobless During the Recession

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), documents both the failings and accomplishments of the Transportation Worker Identificati...

December 8, 2016

2016 Second Chance Act Orientation for Technology Career Program Grantees

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceDuring this webi...

Opinion: Tightening Access to Criminal Records

BusinessWest.com By Brad McDougall The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a criminal-justice reform bill that narrows the ability of empl...

Researchers Examine Effects of a Criminal Record on Prospects for Employment

A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...

August 27, 2019

Improving Job Readiness and Retention for Higher Risk Populations

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...

"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...

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