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FCC Cuts High Interstate Phone Rates for Prisoners

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate On August 9, the Federal Communications Commission voted to cut the high cost of interstate phone calls made by i...

Federal Communications Commission Prioritizes Prison Telephone Reform

By Angela Tolosa, Deputy Director for Constituent Relations, Reentry On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a daylong worksh...
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Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), discusses inaccuracies in FBI records and calls on the FBI to ensure that records are acc...

HIV in Prisons, 2001-2010

This bulletin from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics presents national trends among state and federal prison inmates from ...

Reforming A System: An Inside Perspective on How Ohio Achieved a Record-Low Recidivism Rate

By Gary C. Mohr, Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction EDITOR'S NOTE- In late 2010, Ohio’s prisons were 33 percent overc...
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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...

The Elected Official's Toolkit for Jail Reentry

Nine million individuals are released from local jails each year, many struggling with mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. Jail reentry...

Issue Brief: Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Reentry

A growing number of people are released each year from state prison and local jails; this phenomenon, prisoner reentry, has a significant impact on ho...
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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...
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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...

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