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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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