This report from the Vera Institute of Justice summarizes state-level mandatory sentencing reforms since 2000, discusses their impact, and offers reco...
Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceDownload a PDF o...
Nebraska recently became the 11th state to pass “Ban the Box,” a law that removes questions about criminal records on state job applications. Enacted ...
The national playbook identifies best practice goals and strategies that states can implement to reduce the negative impacts of employment-related col...
The federal government has begun making historic changes to the Medicaid program, including allowing states for the first time to provide Medicaid cov...
The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) is launching a pilot program to help states improve the pathways from pre-release postsecondary education through...
On March 31, 2022 President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2022 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educators, volunteers, an...