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White House Proclaims April 2021 as Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2021 as Second Chance Month. In the proclamation, the President called upon all governmen...
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Expunging Juvenile Records: Misconceptions, Collateral Consequences, and Emerging Practices

This bulletin discusses common misconceptions surrounding expungement. It also provides information about the collateral consequences of juvenile reco...

A Piece of the Puzzle: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines state financial aid for incarcerated students. Incarcerated students who are unable to ac...

Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative Update

Postsecondary education in prison has been shown to contribute to successful reentry for people who have been incarcerated as well as promote public s...
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Beyond Totem and Taboo: Toward a Narrowing of American Criminal Record Exceptionalism

As this article discusses, conviction records activate an increasingly broad range of de jure and de facto disabilities and restrictions that are, the...

June 12, 2018

Considerations for Journalists Writing about People Who Have Criminal Histories

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April 17, 2018

The Clean Slate Model–Sealing Criminal Records through Automated Computer Queries

Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. D...

JPMorgan Wants to Hire People with Criminal Backgrounds

CNN Business By Anneken Tappe JPMorgan wants to give people with criminal records a second chance at a good job. The United States is boasting...

Research & Commentary: Lowering Professional Licensing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

The Heartland Institute By Matthew Glans Nearly one in three Americans need an occupational license to do their job, even though these...

April 1, 2022

Second Chance Month 2022: Opening Remarks from Amy Solomon of the Office of Justice Programs

Back to Second Chance Month Closed Captioning is available automatically or by tapping the CC icon above and selecting English (...

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