Too often, arrest and incarceration are the default responses for people suspected of low-level, nonviolent crimes. They shouldn’t be. From Vera …
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Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery
Formerly incarcerated workers are leading a push for basic labor rights in prisons that could change everything. From Truthout: Johnny …
Prioritizing reentry from prison will boost CT’s economy, report says
by Jaden Edison – CT Mirror To combat a workforce shortage that continues to plague Connecticut, a leading child advocacy group …
Why Women’s Wrongful Convictions Are So Difficult to Overcome
Outdated stereotypes and crimes that never occurred create unique challenges for women seeking exoneration From The Appeal: When Cynthia Sommer’s …
How Employers Can Remove Barriers to Second Chances – The Crime Report
from The Crime Report Landing a quality job has been made a little easier for the millions of Americans who …
The aging prison population: Causes, costs, and consequences
New data from the Census Bureau reveals that the U.S. median age rose to a high of 38.9 years: an increase …
Expunging and Sealing Criminal Records
How Jurisdictions Can Expand Access to Second Chances by Kenny Lo What is a criminal record? A criminal record is …
Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers
from National Institute of Justice Research has long established that, for individuals completing their criminal sentences, immediate challenges such as …
Prison Can’t Prevent Domestic Abuse. Transformative Accountability Programs Can.
Prison is a trauma-producing institution that does nothing to prevent those who have used violence from doing so again. From Truthout: …
REPORT: Private Prisons in the United States
From The Sentencing Project: read the full report