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Fair Chance Licensing Project: States Expand Access to In-Demand Jobs

As states across the nation struggle with labor shortages, The Council of State Governments Justice Center launched the Fair Chance Lice...

States Ban the Box: Removing Barriers to Work for People with Criminal Records

By Liam JulianAround 65 million Americans of working age have criminal records. Finding a job isn’t easy for anyone, but it’s especially difficult for...

Nebraska Joins Growing Number of States to Pass "Ban the Box"

Nebraska recently became the 11th state to pass “Ban the Box,” a law that removes questions about criminal records on state job applications. Enacted ...

Voting Rights Briefs for 13 States

The Sentencing Project is committed to expanding voting rights in every state and works with state partners to provide data on state felony disenfranc...

April 11, 2022

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Clean Slate Policies: Clearing the Way for Real Second Chances

This panel (1) explores the barriers criminal records present, (2) highlights the work CSI has done and some of the states leading the way in clean sl...
Clean Slate

Beyond Confidentiality: Modernizing Criminal Record Clearance Policies in the Digital Age

This brief discusses the strategies some states have developed to ensure that clearance remains as effective as possible in the digital age.

Felony Disenfranchisement Laws (Map)

A patchwork of state felony disfranchisement laws, varying in severity from state to state, prevent millions of Americans with felony (and in several ...

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...

Bureau of Justice Statistics Recidivism Reports

Within the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects criminal history data ...
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Reentry Spotlight: Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Juvenile and Criminal Records

The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) serves as a hub of information on reentry, collateral consequences, and records clearance that can assist ...

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The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.