SCA Highlights

A collection of useful Second Chance Act information and news.

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In October 2021, Delaware's Correctional Reentry Commission (DCRC) released a blueprint to reduce the recidivism rate of Delaware residents being rele...
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This report from the Nebraska Center for Justice Research summarizes a research project that explored the lives of individuals who ...
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As discussed in this brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, state and local jurisdictions are taking new approaches to ...

July 29, 2020

Rates of overdose and overdose deaths among people reentering the community from jail or prison are alarmingly high, often due to relapse to subst...
Advocates and legislators across the political spectrum celebrated the passage of the First Step Act in December of 2018, the first large federal pris...