Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
Advocates and legislators across the political spectrum celebrated the passage of the First Step Act in December of 2018, the first large federal pris...
This report from the Vera Institute of Justice offers lessons from the field on the implementation of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program in correcti...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
This bulletin from the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides estimates for the rates and levels of victimization in the United States in 2013, as well...
This report from the Urban Institute highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...
This three-year pilot project tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and increase job readiness for people returning to their communities ...
In response to significant concern over a lack of stable housing for individuals reentering the community after sexual offense convictions, the Connec...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
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...