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Nebraska Joins Growing Number of States to Pass "Ban the Box"

Nebraska recently became the 11th state to pass “Ban the Box,” a law that removes questions about criminal records on state job applications. Enacted ...

Making it Count: What Policymakers Everywhere Can Learn From Vermont’s Experience Improving How They Tracked Recidivism

By Matthew Schwarzfeld, Public Affairs Manager, Council of State Governments Justice CenterIn his successful 2010 campaign for the governor’s office o...
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...

National Debate on 2014 GED Changes

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate Beginning January 1, 2014, the General Education Development (GED) test is getting a facelift: it will be academi...

Second Chance Reauthorization Act Introduced; CSG Justice Center Releases New Report Highlighting Grantee Successes

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (...

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...

How State Higher Ed Leaders Are Expanding College in Prison

This story from Margaret diZerega, Initiative Director for the Vera Institute of Justice's Center for Sentencing and Corrections and Unlocking Potenti...

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