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Clean Slate

The “Wild West” of Employment Background Checks

This fact sheet from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) helps lay the groundwork for this advocacy by providing some basic information on the ...

Snapshot: Federal Benefits

Each year, about 640,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons and millions cycle through local jails. When reentry fails, the...
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Expungement and Post-exoneration Offending

This is Article, from the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, is the second Article stemming from a study of the post-release behavior of wrong...

Policy and Corrections Leaders Weigh Tactics to Curb Recidivism

National Forum Brings Together 13 States Competing for “Statewide Recidivism Reduction” Grants Dr. Gary Dennis, Senior Policy Advisor a...

Second Chance Act Grants Help Further Promising Reentry Programs and Practices

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate In October 2013, 104 government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the country were awarded grants throu...
Clean Slate

Juvenile Records: A National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality, Sealing and Expungement

This National Review, from the Juvenile Law Center, provides an overview of state laws and policies on confidentiality, sealing and expungement, and n...
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No Clean Slates: Unpacking the Complications of Juvenile Expungements in the Wake of In Re Welfare of J.J.P.

This case note, published in the William Mitchell Law Review, begins with a short history of the juvenile justice system before examining th...

Second Chance Reauthorization Act Introduced; CSG Justice Center Releases New Report Highlighting Grantee Successes

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (...
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The South Carolina Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist

According to the authors of this brief, from the South Carolina Commission of Indigent Defense, Federal and state laws impose a range of collater...
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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...

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