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April 11, 2022

Clean Slate

Clean Slate Policies: Clearing the Way for Real Second Chances

This panel (1) explores the barriers criminal records present, (2) highlights the work CSI has done and some of the states leading the way in clean sl...

White House Proclaims April 2022 as Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2022 President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2022 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educators, volunteers, an...
Clean Slate

Reentry Spotlight: Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Juvenile and Criminal Records

The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) serves as a hub of information on reentry, collateral consequences, and records clearance that can assist ...

Reentry Myth Busters

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

Felon Voting Rights

As outlined by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), it has been common practice in the United States to make people convicted of a fe...

Policy Solutions Toolkit: Reducing Structural Barriers to School and Work for People with Juvenile Records

This toolkit from The Council of State Governments Justice Center builds on their report, Reducing Structural Barriers to School and Wo...

FCC Cuts High Interstate Phone Rates for Prisoners

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate On August 9, the Federal Communications Commission voted to cut the high cost of interstate phone calls made by i...

A Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2023

On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educat...

White House Proclaims April 2023 As Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, ed...

Second Chance Pell: Five Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016-2021

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines whether expanding access to financial aid increases incarcerated adults' participation in post...

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The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.