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White House Proclaims April 2021 as Second Chance Month

On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2021 as Second Chance Month. In the proclamation, the President called upon all governmen...
Clean Slate

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...

How State-Led Housing Initiatives Can Break the Cycle of Criminal Justice Involvement

Improving access to safe and affordable housing is integral to any efforts aimed at reducing peoples’ involvement in the criminal justic...

Building Capacity to Advance Local System Change for People with Behavioral Health Needs: A Snapshot of State-Led Solutions

As discussed in this brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, state and local jurisdictions are taking new approaches to ...

Changing Systems, Changing Behavior: Five Ways Corrections Agencies Can Work to Reduce Recidivism

This brief highlights five emerging strategies that state corrections agencies have employed to implement an evidence-based approach to reducing recid...
Clean Slate

Can a Person's "Slate" Ever Really Be "Cleaned"? The Modern-Day Implications of Pennsylvania's Clean Slate Act

This report argues that Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate Act is both important and necessary because of the assistance it provides, even with the current is...

Innovations in Supervision Initiatives: Grantees at a Glance

Through the Innovations in Supervision Initiative (ISI), the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance provides grants a...

A Piece of the Puzzle: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines state financial aid for incarcerated students. Incarcerated students who are unable to ac...

Second Chance Month Q&A: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum

By CSG Justice Center Staff North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signing criminal justice legislation. Source: Governor Doug Burgum. ...

Second Chance Month Q&A: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo

By CSG Justice Center Staff Gov. Raimondo signs Justice Reinvestment legislation in 2017, which prompted an overhaul of Rhode ...

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