Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts lower-income communities, communities of color, and persons with disabilities, creating a barrier to ach...
Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
This three-year pilot project tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and increase job readiness for people returning to their communities ...
In January 2021, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing with funding from the Opioid Response Network (ORN) hosted a technical expert panel (TEP)...
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Linking to Employment Activities Pre-release (LEAP) pilots the creati...
This report from the Urban Institute highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
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...