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Laying the Groundwork: How States Can Improve Access to Continued Education for People in the Criminal Justice System

This report provides a comprehensive, state-by-state analysis of postsecondary education policy and practices.

A Framework for Evidence-Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems

In June 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) launched the Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems initiat...

Reentry Myth Busters

The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council...

State of Sentencing 2013: Developments in Policy and Practice

The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with some 7.2 million Americans under correctional supervision. During 2013, leg...

Second Chance Act Grants Help Further Promising Reentry Programs and Practices

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate In October 2013, 104 government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the country were awarded grants throu...

Video: Alternatives to Random Assignment for Outcome Evaluations

This brief video discusses three methods to consider in selecting a comparison group for an outcome study: (1) random assignment, (2) nonequivalent co...

April 29, 2022

Second Chance Month 2022: Closing Remarks from Ruby Qazilbash of the Bureau of Justice Assistance

Back to Second Chance Month Ruby Qazilbash, Associate Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs,&nb...

Creating Quality Prison Education Programs in Jails – Part 1 in Webinar Series

In partnership with The Council of State Governments Justice Center and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice...

Making the Grade: Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice offers lessons from the field on the implementation of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program in correcti...

April 14, 2022

Learning from Doing: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program

During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program: an evaluation of the effe...

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