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50-State Comparison: Loss & Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights

The Restoration of Rights Project provides detailed state-by-state analyses of the law and practice in each U.S. jurisdiction for restoration of right...

State-by-State Map: Can People Convicted of a Felony Vote?

This map from the Brennan Center for Justice summarizes state laws on criminal disenfranchisement. These laws strip voting rights from people with pas...

Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2023

This report provides a state-by-state accounting of the changes to voting rights for people with felony convictions and measures their impact. Since 1...
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Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption, and the Effects on Communities

As this report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights details, each year, federal and state prisons release more than 620,000 people to return ...
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The Price We Pay: Economic Costs of Barriers to Employment for Former Prisoners and People Convicted of Felonies

This report, from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), builds off of prior CEPR research examining the population of former prisoners a...
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65 Million Need Not Apply: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment

This report, from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), explores the exclusion of people with criminal records from work, which severely impacts...

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