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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...

Opinion: Integrating the Social Safety Net into America’s Prisons

Salon By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson President Trump signed the First Step Act into law on December 21. The legislation represen...

Data Trends: Utah Criminal Justice Reform

This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts examines data on prison populations and crime in Utah since changes to policies and practices took place in...

Birmingham-Area Employers Work to Break Down Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Records

By the CSG Justice Center Staff For Stephanie Mason—human resources manager at Dunn Building Company in Birmingham, Alabama—what appears on a p...

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...

Clearing a Path, from Conviction to Employment

By Madeline Neighly and Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center Staff When Ronald was convicted in 2006 of two misdemeanors—possession and retail ...

SIPPRA FY24 Notice of Funding Availability

Application Deadline: No earlier than February 12, 2024 and no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time April 15, 2024 The Social Impact Partnership...

Paving the Path to Healthier Reentry: How New Medicaid Policies Can Improve Mental Health and Substance Use Support as People Return to Communities

According to this brief from The Health and Reentry Project (HARP), new Medicaid policies have great potential to benefit people with mental health co...
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Criminal Records, Race and Redemption

This article, from the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, explores the long-term and often permanent impact of criminal rec...

Criminal Background and Job Performance

Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...

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