Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
This report from the Urban Institute highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...
Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...
In response to significant concern over a lack of stable housing for individuals reentering the community after sexual offense convictions, the Connec...
By Darian Hanrahan
According to a 2014 meta-analysis by the RAND Corporation, adults who participated in correctional education programs were shown t...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
This new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...
The report from the Urban Institute outlines necessary elements to guide states in defining, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating recidivism data,...
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...