Ex-Convict Hired By MI Supreme Court Justice Quits After Criticism
Newly appointed Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden hired a former convict as a law clerk, reports MLive. Pete Martel...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Adnan Syed To Work At Georgetown Prison and Justice Initiative
Adnan Syed, who was freed in September after he spent 23 years in prison fighting a murder conviction that was chronicled in the hit 2014...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
CA County First To Ban Criminal Background Checks For Housing
Alameda County, Ca., has become the first in the nation to pass a law banning landlords from conducting criminal background checks on...
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By Hannah White
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Trust From Previous Employers Key To Ex-Prisoners' Getting Jobs
How do different kinds of positive employment credentials affect employers’ stigma towards job applicants with criminal records? Samuel...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 13, 2022
- 2 min
How Texas Re-Entry Program Helps With Job Training, Loans
Maurice Watts had just spent 12 hours driving an 18-wheeler truck for Common Disposal, a saltwater transport company based in San...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
DOJ Giving $100 Million To Prisoner Re-Entry Projects
The U.S. Department of Justice is awarding nearly $100 million in its Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry program. “The investments...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
A Call For Better Health Care For Prisoners Returning to Society
The need for stronger behavioral health policies and systems is essential to combat record-breaking overdose deaths and increasing mental...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
Labor Shortage Creates Job Opportunities For Ex-Convicts
Prisoner reentry programs are one way employers are trying to fill some of the 11.3 million open jobs in the U.S. amid a dire national...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
MacArthur, Urban Institute Start Program To Aid Ex-Inmate Housing
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Urban Institute launched the Just Home Project, a program designed to "advance...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
States Passed 152 Laws Last Year To Help People With Criminal Records
The campaign to improve the reintegration into society for those with criminal records "has seemed more than ever grounded in economic...
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