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Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate

Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that ov...

Community-based Correctional Education

CantonRepBy Ed BalintShannon Ballas flashed a bright smile when she appeared before the judge in re-entry court.She was given a certificate for comply...
Clean Slate

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...
Clean Slate

The Use of Criminal History Records in College Admissions

This report reviews findings from a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by the Center for Community Alternatives in collaboration with the American Ass...
Clean Slate

A Scorecard on the Post-9/11 Port Worker Background Checks: Model Worker Protections Provide a Lifeline for People of Color, While Major TSA Delays Leave Thousands Jobless During the Recession

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), documents both the failings and accomplishments of the Transportation Worker Identificati...

Moving from Prison to a PhD

Nature By Virginia Gewin Most applications to academic institutions around the world include a box to check if a student has a criminal history,...

April 13, 2022

Building Student Leadership Opportunities During and After Incarceration

This webinar showcases how corrections education programs can create student leadership opportunities and promote student success.

September 29, 2022

Reentry 2022: A Wholistic Approach to Reentry

Presented by The National Association of Reentry Professionals (NARP) this annual conference, A "Wholistic" Approach to Reentry, will fo...

Reentry Education Framework Resources

Designed by RTI International for the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, the Reentry Education Fram...

April 30, 2024

Pipeline to Pell: Securing Career-Connected Pathways for Incarcerated Individuals

The Office of Correctional Education, in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) invites you to pa...

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