Reentry

EEOC issues new Policy Guidance on the Consideration of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

Glenn E. Martin | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Reentry, Jobs, Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Incarceration, Eeoc, Latino Voices News
Glenn E. Martin

The mass incarceration of minority communities, and the resulting mass reentry and lifetime collateral consequences have created the "perfect storm" to ensure that criminal record based employment discrimination serves as a surrogate for race-based discrimination.

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Giving Women a Second Chance

Arcelia Hurtado | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Working Women, Women's Empowerment, Reentry, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Realignment, Criminal Justice Reform, Jennifer Johnson, Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, The Road Forward, Women News
Arcelia Hurtado

When I met M she had schizophrenia, a drug addiction, breast cancer, and had been hospitalized twice as a victim of domestic violence. There is no way M could have overcome this without help.

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Announcing the 2011 Service and Conservation Corpsmembers of the Year

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Service, Civilian Conservation Corps, Trails, Youth, Green Jobs, Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps, National Service, Conservation, Coconino Rural Environment Corps, Reentry, California Conservation Corps, Education, Service, Phipps CDC NYC Justice Corps, Utah Conservation Corps, Operation Fresh Start, The Corps Network, Green News
Levi Novey

Each year The Corps Network honors Service and Conservation Corpsmembers whose accomplishments and personal stories exemplify the positive role that C...

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Prison Overcrowding: A Far Greater Threat to Public Safety than Early Release

John Maki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reentry, Early Release, Prison, Illinois Department of Corrections, Chicago News
John Maki

Research shows that when low-level non-violent offenders are incarcerated instead of given supervised release, they are more likely to commit new crimes once they get out of prison.

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Homes, Not Jails or Prison, Are What's Needed for People With Mental Illnesses

Deborah De Santis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reentry, Treatment Advocacy Center, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Homelessness, National Sheriffs Association, Supportive Housing, Impact News
Deborah De Santis

A recent study issued by the National Sheriff's Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center describes the shocking fact that there are now three times more mentally ill persons in American jails and prisons than there are in hospitals.

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Mass Incarceration: A Destroyer of People of Color and Their Communities

Jamaal Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Latinos, The Sentencing Project, Minnesota, Policy Change, Obama Administration, Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Reentry, Criminal Justice, Blacks, Native Americans, Mass Incarceration, Prisons, Racial Disparities, Rebuild Resources, War on Drugs, Politics News
Jamaal Bell

Instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system?

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From Prison Greens to Green Jobs

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Osborne Association, Prison Reform, Reentry, Drug Policy Alliance, Green Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Recidivism, Green News
Anthony Papa

Last week a unique program was launched by the Osborne Association's Green Career Center to help former prisoners who want to become productive citizens find green jobs.

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Creating a 40-Hour Work Week for Prisoners

Lanae Erickson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reentry, Anthony Weiner, Third Way, Crime, Politics News
Lanae Erickson

Efforts to balance state budgets are resulting in the premature release of prisoners. But little is being done to ensure that those who are released don't end up right back where they started, in prison.

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