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Opinion: Clean the Slate for Nonviolent Offenders

By Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Allegheny County District Attorney For the past 20 years, my office has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of criminal cas...

Can Hiring Ex-Offenders Make a Business More Profitable?

The Guardian By Autumn Spanne Jimmy Erickson went to prison for a violent felony when he was 25. When he was released, at 46, he felt reformed a...

Berkeley Study Shines Light on the Pressures of Being a Corrections Officer

By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff It’s widely known that jails and prisons can be violent and stressful places to work. But ...

Opinion: Hiring Returning Citizens Is Good for Business

Chicago Tribune By Jamie Dimon and Arne Duncan Even as the labor market tightens and more than 6 million U.S. jobs remain unfilled, the search f...

May 27, 2014

Leaders from Across the Nation Convene for the Fourth Annual Second Chance Act Conference

More than 700 people representing a variety of practitioners in the criminal justice field came together earlier this month at the Fourth Annual S...

Do Renters' past Crimes Matter? Study Says Often Not.

Finance and Commerce By William Morris Every landlord wants to find reliable, rule-abiding tenants. A new study by four local developers suggest...

A Future Shouldn't be Fined

This video from Debt Free Justice shares the experiences of young people who were introduced into the juvenile justice system due to court debts. ...

April 30, 2024

Pipeline to Pell: Securing Career-Connected Pathways for Incarcerated Individuals

The Office of Correctional Education, in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) invites you to pa...

Circles of Support and Accountability

“The CoSA model has provided hope that communities can assist in risk management, the end results being greater safety for potential victims and incre...

A Design for Workforce Equity

This report from the Center for American Progress proposes building a new future-proof Workforce Equity Trust Fund (WETF) that will enshrine fundament...

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