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Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Bipartisan Legislative Wins in Virginia and Utah Expand Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals by Jo Ellen Nott In a positive step advancing fair-chance policy for formerly incarcerated individuals, Virginia and Utah both signed policies into law in March 2025 that will help dismantle barriers faced by people with criminal …
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Illinois ‘Murderer’ Registry Punishes More Than It Protects by Jo Ellen Nott Illinois maintains a digital public shaming website called the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, which is mandated under the provisions of Illinois Compiled Statutes 730 ILCS 154/85 (a) and (b). Supporters of the registry often claim …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Barrier-­Crime Laws Continue to Unjustly Prohibit Otherwise Qualified Persons With Prior Convictions From Employment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Rudy Carey became addicted to drugs after his father died. A string of poor decisions led him to serving three years in prison for striking a police officer during a …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
Filed under: Education, jobs
College and Post-Carceral Job Searches by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Every formerly incarcerated person has to deal with additional employment hurdles that impede their opportunities for successful reintegration. A recent study by the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University attempted to determine if Postsecondary Carceral …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
Research Shows It Makes Sense to Hire Individuals with Criminal Records by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott Rand, a nonprofit research organization, published a research brief on January 9, 2024, that proves hiring individuals with criminal records is not risky and has benefits for the employer, the individual …
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Council of State Governments Initiates Efforts to Reduce Barriers to Employment for the Formerly Incarcerated by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Council of State Governments Justice Center (“CSGJC”) initiated efforts to reduce employment barriers for people with criminal histories. Recognizing that nearly 25% of all jobs in the U.S. …
Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020
Ban the Box not Applicable to COVID-19 Stimulus Aid by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon It is no secret that the inability to gain employment by prisoners who have either finished their sentences or been released from prison to parole is a major factor in recidivism. Returning to crime in …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Employers are Adjusting to Hiring Ex-Offenders by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A recent look at how Indianapolis companies are adjusting to hiring ex-offenders highlights opportunities and challenges for the newly released around the country. Nationally, the prison population has decreased 1.3 percent from 2017 to 2018, but in some …
NYC Program Helps Former Prisoners Realize Their Dream by A vast majority of prisoners dream of getting out of prison and staying out. They talk about it, and most plan for it. A program in New York City called “Getting Out and Staying Out,” or “GOSO” for short, helps former …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Getting Rid of the ‘X’ by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Doing time has never been easy, yet the greatest challenges many prisoners face often come after their release. Basic concerns like securing a job, housing, and credit can be recurring nightmares for ex-convicts.  The recent push to “Ban the …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: jobs
Improving the Food Environment in Washington State-Run Correctional Facilities, 2021 Hd_w" OPINIONS, IDEAS, & PRACTICE Improving the Food Environment in Washington State–Run Correctional Facilities: The Healthy Commissary Project Alyssa Auvinen, MPH, Jessica Marcinkevage, PhD, MSPH, Chris Mornick, RD, MPH, Susmitha Nambuthiri, PhD, MSc, Mary Daniel, BS, Brent Carney, RDN, CD, …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
‘Ban the Box’ Movement Expands in New Direction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  For many people, the negative effects of being in jail or prison follow them throughout their lives after they re-enter society. Probably one of the most pervasive of these effects is obtaining employment they are qualified …
Publication • January 1, 2019
Vera Institute of Justice - Investing in Futures: Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Postsecondary Education in Prison, 2019 Investing in Futures: Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Postsecondary Education in Prison January 2019 Patrick Oakford, Cara Brumfield, Casey Goldvale, and Laura Tatum, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality Margaret diZerega and …
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Third Circuit Reverses Occupational Restriction in Excess of Statutory Maximum for Supervised Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the portion of the sentence that restricted a former Realtor who had pleaded guilty to one count …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Washington Supremes: Former Prisoner Can Take Bar by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Tara Simmons overcame the burden of two previous jail sentences, 20 months in prison, a bankruptcy, and a drug addiction to graduate from law school, magna cum laude. She has clearly turned her life around. However, earning …
Bread for the World Institute - Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger, 2018 BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 35, FEBRUARY 2018 Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Marlysa D. Gamblin Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and poverty, as well as strategies to end it. …
Publication • September 1, 2017
Vera Institute of Justice - Opening Doors - How to develop reentry programs using examples from public housing authorities, 2017 September 2017 Opening Doors: How to develop reentry programs using examples from public housing authorities John Bae, Kate Finley, Margaret diZerega, and Sharon Kim From the Director Securing housing is …
Council for Court Excellence - Second Chances: Returning Citizens' Re-Entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia, 2016 DECEMBER 2016 BEYOND SECOND CHANCES RETURNING CITIZENS’ RE-ENTRY STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Council for Court Excellence Improving Justice for the Community w w w. c o u …
Publication • May 24, 2013
District of Columbia Corrections Information Council, Hope Village Inspection Report, 2013 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council (CIC) Michelle R. Bonner, Chair Katharine A. Huffman Reverend Samuel Whittaker May 24, 2013 To: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Charles Samuels, …
Publication • 2009
Correctional Industries Business Plan, WA DOC, 2009 State of Washington Department of Corrections Correctional Industries 2007-2009 Business Plan Correctional Industries 2007-2009 Business Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a major entity within the Department of Corrections, it is the mission of Correctional Industries to provide marketable job skills and job training to …
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