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Top Trends in State Criminal Justice Reform, 2018

This policy brief from the Sentencing Project describes key state legislation and reforms from 2018 that were designed to reduce the scale of incarcer...

November 1, 2017

Criminal Record Clearance and the Clean Slate Clearinghouse

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

December 18, 2017

Effectively Implementing Evidence Based Programs and Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Preve...

Medicaid’s New Prisoner Population

FoxBusiness.com By Kate Rogers Under the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, 25 states and the District of Columbia have broaden their ...

Fair Chance Licensing Project: States Expand Access to In-Demand Jobs

As states across the nation struggle with labor shortages, The Council of State Governments Justice Center launched the Fair Chance Lice...

Nebraska Joins Growing Number of States to Pass "Ban the Box"

Nebraska recently became the 11th state to pass “Ban the Box,” a law that removes questions about criminal records on state job applications. Enacted ...

City Program Guides Those Released from Prison

Miami Herald By Shahid Abdul-Karim, New Haven Register When city residents are released from prison, Earl Bloodworth is often there to pick them...

Expand Criminal Record Clearance Policies

Policymakers from across the political spectrum are considering policies to clear some types of criminal records. Criminal record clearance removes ...

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...

National Groups Highlight Massachusetts' Success Reducing Recidivism

MassLive By Shira Schoenberg National organizations focused on reforming criminal justice systems have highlighted Massachusetts as a top s...

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