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For the Record: Candid Conversations about Criminal Record Clearance—Episode 3, Bettie Kirkland

Episode 3 Bettie Kirkland, the executive director of Project Return in Nashville, joins For the Record to discuss her organizati...
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For the Record: A Podcast Featuring Candid Conversations about Criminal Record Clearance—Episode 1, Khalil Cumberbatch

Khalil Cumberbatch, an associate vice president at the Fortune Society, joins the podcast to discuss his experiences living with a criminal record and...
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For the Record: Candid Conversations about Criminal Record Clearance—Episode 2, Esta Bigler

Episode 2 Esta Bigler, the director of the Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School's Labor and Employment Law program, joins For t...

Opinion: How Federal Investments Make Us Smarter about Reducing Recidivism

By Michael Thompson Director, The Council of State Governments Justice Center Criminologists routinely lament politicians who, responding to headli...

About the Clean Slate Clearinghouse

The Clean Slate Clearinghouse—a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ)'s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assista...
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What Juvenile Defenders Should Know about the DSM-5

This resource brief, from the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC), is intended to support juvenile defense advocacy by providing an overview of s...

June 12, 2018

Considerations for Journalists Writing about People Who Have Criminal Histories

Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. D...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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