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White House Proclaims April 2023 As Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, ed...

HUD Office of Policy Development and Research Publication Releases Call for Reentry Papers

Submission Deadline: October 31, 2022 Submit Abstracts and Questions: [email protected] Cityscape, the bi-annual publication of the U....

Justice Department Guide to State Voting Rules that Apply after Criminal Convictions

The Justice Department announced the release of a guide to the state voting rules that apply after criminal convictions. This document is designed to ...

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Expands Second Chance Opportunities

During Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration released a fact sheet detailing the comprehensive strategy that expands Incarceration to E...

President Biden Statement on Clemency and Second Chance Month

This White House statement release details the Biden-Harris Administration's announcing new steps today to support those re-entering society after inc...

OJJDP Second Chance Funds Support Peer-to-Peer Learning

This blog post by from the RFK Resource Center for Juvenile Justice highlights a January 27, 2022 virtual convening of forty representatives from the ...

White House Proclaims April 2022 as Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2022 President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2022 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educators, volunteers, an...

Individuals Convicted of Felonies Finding Increased Employment Opportunities

According to this Los Angeles Times article, "Once shunned, people convicted of felonies find more employers open to hiring them," all across the coun...

National Institute of Justice Releases White Papers Addressing Important Challenges in Reentry

The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has kicked off a series of white papers that address important challenges ...

Connecticut Restores Voting Rights for People on Parole

On June 23, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Senate Bill 1202, restoring the right to vote to as many as 4,000 pe...

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