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States Continue to Make Progress on Restoring Voting Rights for People with Conviction Histories
Update November 6, 2018: Florida Amendment 4 passed with 64 percent approval…
Nov 01, 2018
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Strengthening Family Connections for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
I have worked in a juvenile corrections facility in Sedgwick County, Kansas for…
Oct 11, 2018
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Revealing the Prisons within Prisons
Isolation is at the core of incarceration.
Prisons—often located in remote…
Oct 08, 2018
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Providence Housing Authority Addresses Reentry
Access to safe, affordable, and equitable housing for all shouldn’t simply be…
Oct 01, 2018
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Vera’s Policing Program Releases Fifth Volume of “Emerging Issues in American Policing” Quarterly Digest
Emerging Issues in American Policing is a quarterly digest tailored to…
Sep 28, 2018
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Safety in America
Earlier today, the FBI released the latest crime figures, including 2017…
Sep 24, 2018
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Keeping Women Out of Jail, One Mother at a Time
When Linda Meachum was arrested in Tulsa, OK last year for not paying her court…
Sep 21, 2018
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Can We Learn from Our Past?
There were trees and grass everywhere. The sun was shining. You could hear the…
Sep 14, 2018
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A Different Type of Night Court Is Keeping People Out of Jail
In one Arizona county, a new justice initiative allows those with minor…
Aug 31, 2018
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Finding housing is hard—but for people leaving prison and jail, it’s almost impossible
Too often we have closed the doors that would lead to a better life for a whole…
Aug 30, 2018