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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...

Indiana Parolees Find Success, Employment after Prison

AP News By AP News Staff Most people in Indiana's parole program are finding jobs after their release from prison despite having felony con...

April 4, 2022

National Corrections & Recidivism Statistics

Moderated by BJS Corrections Statistics Unit Chief Richard Klückow, this Second Chance Month 2022 event features BJS Statisticians Leonardo Antenangel...

Recidivism of Females Released from State Prison, 2012–2017

This report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) presents findings on recidivism of females from BJS’s study on persons released from stat...

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...

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...

Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights

According to this report from The Sentencing Project, laws in 48 states ban people with felony convictions from voting. The report shows that, in 2022...

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...

Connecticut Restores Voting Rights for People on Parole

On June 23, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Senate Bill 1202, restoring the right to vote to as many as 4,000 pe...

For Dave’s Killer Bread, Giving ‘Second Chances’ Leads to Loyal Employees, ‘Exponential Growth’

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center When Genevieve Martin came on board at Dave’s Killer Bread as its retail and café manager eight years ago, she ...

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