Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
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...
This new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...
By CSG Justice Center Staff As states across the country adopt changes in their Medicaid programs, people who were previously ineligible for coverage...
This compendium includes material drawn from Brennan Center reports, policy proposals, issue briefs, public remarks, legal briefs, and congressional t...
This publication from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) identifies five evidence-based principles guiding federal efforts to improve the correction...
Each year, the increasing number of people who have opioid addictions impacts communities across the United States. In 2016, substance overdoses (fuel...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
This report from the Smart Decarceration Initiative, based at the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, offers strategi...