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A St. Paul, Minnesota law school accepts its first incarcerated student
Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minn. this summer accepted their first incarcerated student....
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Efforts to make basic banking available to the formerly incarcerated are being made
Financial inclusion is the term used for efforts to make basic banking and financial products safe, affordable,...
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Higher paying jobs helps prevent reimprisonment of formerly incarcerated individuals
According to NYN Media, New York City should work with unions and re-entry providers to provide work...
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Southern California Commits To Fighting Injustice
Southern California is based on a reputation for offering its citizens the promise of education, jobs,...
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Corporate Commitments Toward Racial Justice Need To Be More Transparent
After the murder of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests, corporate America promised to take an active...
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The Federal Government Can Help Advance Equity and Racial Justice
President Biden signed Executive Order 13985 on his first day in office. That order advances racial equity...
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Financial Markets Can Impact Social Justice
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and amid calls for greater social justice, the U.S. stock...
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Second-chance hiring could help with America's labor shortage
America’s Great Resignation has left more than 10 million vacant jobs in America. Employers also...
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is making it easier for the formerly incarcerated to find homes
HUD is making it easier for Americans with a criminal record to find housing and are producing new guidelines...
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Dallas becomes first Texas city to ensure banks are serving disenfranchised neighborhoods
The Dallas City Council recently approved Ordinance 3221, which is better known as a responsible banking...
Fair chance hiring can truly diversify the workforce
Harley Blakeman, the Founder and CEO of Honest Jobs, Inc., the country’s largest fair-chance hiring platform,...
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Banks are hiring more people with criminal records
Under a new rule issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) banks can easily hire more...
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A prison-cell epiphany leads to transformation for one CEO
Rejoining society doesn’t end upon release from jail or prison, in fact it’s only just begun. One nonprofit...
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A CEO goes from a prison-cell to helping others
Hope for Prisoners is a group that aims to help people exiting prison through all stages of reintegration....
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Delta Air Lines and American Family Insurance join racial equity focused youth hiring program
In June, American Family Insurance and Delta Air Lines announced their participation in Unlock Potential,...
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Minnesota law school accepted its first incarcerated student
Mitchell Hamline School of Law will accept its first incarcerated student. This will make the institution...
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Sylvia A. Harvey is trying to help incarcerated women
Sylvia A. Harvey is an award-winning journalist reporting on the intersection of race, class, policy,...
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One formerly incarcerated man in Michigan appointed to state commission
Hakim Crampton has spent more than a decade living and working in the same community he grew up in before...
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New law would automatically seal criminal records
The Goodwill store in Denver, CO. is struggling to find workers. The Vice President of human resources...
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Ben & Jerry’s is helping the formerly incarcerated with a new hiring program
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand calls itself “an aspiring social justice company” and they are living...
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Court agrees to stop collecting debt from unpaid fees after lawsuit
The San Mateo County Superior Court in California will stop collecting $30 million in unpaid fines and...
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Here's why prison reintegration programs are needed
It’s difficult for formerly incarcerated people to find work and educational opportunities, and...
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Cash is key for people just leaving prison
Putting it simply, cash helps the formerly incarcerated. Reintegrating into society costs money, and...
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Prison reintegration programs are needed. Businesses can help.
After a person leaves the prison system there is a huge misconception that they have “served their time”...
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Google makes big effort to help the formerly incarcerated
Google is doing its part in the criminal justice reform movement. The company has a program called Grow...
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Anyone can get involved in racial justice
Maab Ibrahim, Racial Justice Lead for Google.org, paid a visit to an Indiana Women’s Prison in 2018,...
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Ex-Felon teaches himself Wall Street, becomes a pro and helps others
New Orleans native Leon Howard, was imprisoned at the age of 16. While behind bars, he realized he had...
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There are lifelong barriers people with conviction records face
New York is fighting for the Clean Slate Act to be passed into law. For New Yorkers, the bill would automatically...
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Justice Department awards over $110 million to support formerly incarcerated individuals
In an effort to to reduce recidivism, the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded...
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The U.S. spends very little money to help people once they’re released from prison
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, The U.S. spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration.The...
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Second-chance hiring means discovering a wealth of untapped talent
The business world has been trying to work on its diversity, equity and inclusion problem. DE&I initiatives...
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An NYU professor once incarcerated for drug possession is teaching criminal justice system reform
America’s criminal justice system is broken. While sweeping reform measures have been occurring...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls NYC’s criminal justice system a ‘laughingstock'
Mayor Eric Adams is going after prosecutors and judges for returning suspected shooters to the streets...
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Criminal justice reforms remain unfunded in Oklahoma
In 2016, Oklahoma voters approved sweeping criminal justice reforms, but not much is being delivered....
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Prosecutors can easily thwart Criminal Justice Reform
Thomas Butler was sentenced to life without parole in prison in 2010 under Washington’s persistent offender...
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The Supreme Court is having a bad year with criminal justice reform
It’s been a bad term for the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 criminal justice reform efforts....
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San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin was elected on an agenda of criminal justice reform. She was met with backlash...
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Los Angeles Times says California’s criminal justice reform movement actually did well on election day
Criminal justice reform in California is doing fairly well, says the Los Angeles Times. Despite Chesa...
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John Legend is fighting to overhaul the criminal justice system
John Legend spoke to the U.K.’s The Guardian about mass incarceration and his campaign to elect...
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President Joe Biden's sentencing panel nominees want to implement criminal justice reform law
Seven nominees to the U.S. Sentencing Commission promised on Wednesday to prioritize a 2018 criminal...
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A new memoir, “Corrections in Ink,” seeks improve the criminal justice system
A new memoir by Keri Blakinger is written from experience. “Corrections in Ink” got a glowing New York...
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This man has been incarcerated for 21 Years. He's changed his ways
John J. Lennon, who has been incarcerated since 2002, has written an op-ed for the New York Times detailing...
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Looking for a job after prison isn’t easy
Employer prejudice makes it nearly impossible for formerly incarcerated people to find a job after prison....
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President Biden must dismantle damage done by 1994 crime bill
Terrance Coffie is an adjunct professor at New York University, a contributing author to “Race,...
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Ben & Jerry’s has a poverty-to-prison pipeline with new hiring program
Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s is working to be an aspiring social justice company. The company is...
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Fines and Fees after release keep former prisoners in financial hardship
After prison life is hard enough. Finding work and stable housing is difficult, but there are also huge...
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Baltimore Sun encourages community to become a ‘Second Chance Employer’
There is a huge untapped group of people ready for employment. The formerly incarcerated are willing...
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Koch Industries gives second chance hiring a go
Richard McMichael was in Winfield Correctional Facility in Kansas picking up trash along the highway...
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Millions of Americans with records are an untapped workforce
The is a critical labor shortage in the United States. This is also a second-chance employment shortage....
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JPMorgan pushes for unconventional hiring and that includes people with criminal records
JPMorgan has hired thousands of people with criminal records and hundreds of people with autism or other...
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Former prisoners can't escape poverty because of fines and fees
Reentering life after prison is a challenge, especially when it comes to money. People with records often...
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Second chance employment helps businesses immensely
Americans with a criminal record hovers around the 78 million mark. Companies are also struggling to...
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Tips for explaining a felony conviction to an employer
Some ex-offenders may choose to lie about a past criminal record, but then get fired if their criminal...
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Studies show employers are willing to overlook a criminal record for the right hire
Because one in three Americans have a criminal record, employers are expanding their search for hires...
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This company is thriving with 'open hiring practices'
Progressive hiring practices can help formerly incarcerated people and communities as a whole. One example...
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The top reasons to consider hiring a convicted felon
There are more than 70 million Americans with a criminal record, and the number is growing. That makes...
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Employers are missing out by not hiring people with criminal records
A quarter of the entire U.S. population has a criminal record. When employers refuse to give a chance...
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CEO's can play a major role in second chances for those with records
Discrimination against citizens with criminal records is the norm in the working world. Many CEO’s...
Law and Order, legal symbol the Scales of Justice
NYU Adjunct Lecturer breaks down the problem with Criminal Justice Reform
The Violent Crime Control Act and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, known as the Crime Bill, was a source...
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Some helpful info and resources for the unbanked and underbanked
Millions of Americans are unbanked and underbanked, meaning people who do have a bank account but obtained...
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One survey details the positives behind second-chance hiring
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Charles Koch Institute partnered for a study...
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Nike executive Larry Miller talks about his past in prison
Nike executive Larry Miller opened up about a past he had kept secret for more than 50 years. In a January...
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Trying to eliminate post-incarceration debt?
Most formerly incarcerated people are released owing thousands in debt. Bail debt, along with court fines...
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The unique challenge of preparing for a job search with a conviction
Looking for a job with a felony conviction comes with challenges. In order to reenter the job market...
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Individuals who serve prison time need help with debt when reentering society
Formerly incarcerated individuals often deal with a long-term negative impact on their finances once...
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Studies prove people with criminal backgrounds can make good employees
For decades, the traditional workforce has assumed people with criminal backgrounds are a risky hire....