Society and business practices can play a part in helping formally incarcerated individuals succeed in reentering their community From Success: …
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Many states don’t educate people sentenced to life. Now some are coming home.
from Juvenile Justice Information Exchange When Yusef Qualls-El was 17, a judge sentenced him to life behind bars. It was …
The US Has the Highest Recidivism Rates In the World —Here’s Why
From SUCCESS: More than 1.2 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2021, according to the most recent data available …
What a Day in Prison is Really Like
from The Vera Institute Life in prison is harsh, traumatizing, and isolating for the people forced to endure it. What …
CT Legislators Advocate for “Ban-the-Box” Bill in College Admissions
In response to the growing trend of colleges and universities inquiring about students’ school disciplinary histories on their applications, a …
Keeping Service Members Transitioning into the Community Out of the Criminal Legal System
More than 25 percent of all veterans have difficulty transitioning from military to civilian life From Council of Criminal Justice Roughly …
California County Receives Nearly $5 Million to Give a Boost to Transitional Employment for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Temporary employment gives individuals a chance to learn new skills to join the workforce From CBS 8: SAN DIEGO — The …
CT Reentry Centers Ask: Where is the Money from Prison Closures?
Organizations helping run the locations for people released from prison warned that without state funding, the centers “won’t survive” From CT …
Chicago program aids former inmates in rebuilding lives after prison
CHICAGO – Every year, approximately 20,000 individuals are released from prison in Illinois, with two out of five of them returning to …
Vera Institute of Justice Issues Report on the Growth of Electronic Monitoring in the United States
The number of people on electronic monitoring grew almost tenfold between 2005 and 2022 despite the costs and harms that …