Beyond the nearly 2 million people in the U.S. who are incarcerated, tens of millions more (1 in 3 Americans) are dealing with the collateral conseque...
More than 400,000 individuals reenter communities from state prisons and nearly 10 million people cycle into and out of local jails each year. When st...
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to state, local, and tribal governments to enhance or ...
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...
The Council of State Governments Justice Center's Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans web tool has been updated to include new content focusing on ...
The Alternatives and Reentry Strategic Plan, from the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC), is a multi-year blueprint that applies a whole-of-g...
The FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act), signed into law in December 2020, restored Pell Grant eligibility to individuals who are confined or incarce...
In this video, The Council of State Governments Justice Center staff sat down with Second Chance Act (SCA) grantees to reflect on their experience of ...
This online article from USA Today discusses the expansion of Pell Grants that were eliminated in the 1994 crime bill for people in prison and ended t...