SCA Highlights

A collection of useful Second Chance Act information and news.

Rockdale County, GA, Uses RNR Simulation Tool to Customize Reentry Plans for People Leaving Jail

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center Staff Known as the “mother hen” of the Rockdale County Jail (RCJ) in Conyers, Georgia, because of her kind an...
Publication Date

St. Louis Second Chance Act Grantee Sees Promise in New Prison-to-Reentry Program

By the CSG Justice CenterFrom Prison to Prosperity, a new program offered by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE), seeks to curb re...
Publication Date

Kansas Second Chance Act Grantee Helps Secure Tech Jobs for Women Returning Home from Prison

By Mai Tran, CSG Justice Center The Topeka Correctional Facility—Kansas’s only female correctional facility—is easing barriers to employment for wo...
Publication Date

Second Chance Act Grantee Work Reflects Pope's Belief in Rehabilitation

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center Staff In June 2014, 10 men signed up for a 6-week career training program with the goal of securing stable jo...
Publication Date

Santa Maria Hostel Offers Path to Recovery for Houston Women

The women of Santa Maria Hostel like to talk about miracles.They describe the miracle of meeting Amelia Murphy, director of Santa Maria’s Recovery Sup...

Department of Justice Logo BJA Logo

Department of Justice Logo OJJDP Logo

AIR Logo

©NRRC 2023 — Privacy policy

This Web site is funded in whole or in part through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).