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Removing Structural Barriers to Employment: A Playbook for Every State

The national playbook identifies best practice goals and strategies that states can implement to reduce the negative impacts of employment-related col...

Criminal Background Checks and Access to Jobs

This report from the Urban Institute examines the collateral consequences of criminal background checks on job opportunities....
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Expunging Juvenile Records: Misconceptions, Collateral Consequences, and Emerging Practices

This bulletin discusses common misconceptions surrounding expungement. It also provides information about the collateral consequences of juvenile reco...
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Expungement of Criminal Convictions: An Empirical Study

According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...
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Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures: Revisiting a Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records

In 2014, Juvenile Law Center published the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of each state’s juvenile record confidentiality and expungement laws ag...

Laying the Groundwork: How States Can Improve Access to Continued Education for People in the Criminal Justice System

This report provides a comprehensive, state-by-state analysis of postsecondary education policy and practices.

Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections

The objective of this report from Urban Institute and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is to detail a set of practices that correctional ad...
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Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption, and the Effects on Communities

As this report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights details, each year, federal and state prisons release more than 620,000 people to return ...

Probation System Review Guidebook, 3rd Edition

This guide from the Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice provides the analytical framework that guides the review ...

Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections or Treatment Programs

This toolkit from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention was developed as a resource to help young people in juvenile corrections...

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