Ex-PA Inmate Helps Released Prisoners Get A Footing
As he waited next to the prison gate, John “Freddie” Nole struggled for the right words to say to the man who would soon be walking out....
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Sep 232 min read
Arizona Man With 292-Year Term For Nonviolent Crimes Wins Release
After serving 10 years of a 292-year sentence for nonviolent offenses, an Arizona man has been released from prison. Atdom Patsalis, who...
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Crime and Justice News
May 32 min read
Medicaid Enrollment Before Release Could Improve Health for Re-Entry
Two new reports, by Stateline and Kaiser’s Waiver Watch, outline the potential of a new Medicaid waiver, which allows states to provide...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 172 min read
State Inmate Prison Returns Drop 23% Under U.S. Second Chance Act
The number of state inmates who returned to prison after their release dropped by 23 percent in the 15 years after passage of the federal...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 112 min read
Women Prisoners Face 'Extra Level Of Difficulty' In Re-entering Society
Heather Jarvis prepared to leave the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Oh., after nearly 10 years and substance abuse treatment,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Is 'Housing First' The Key To Successful Prisoner Reentry?
The phrase, “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” is often used with people with criminal records. The “time” of a person’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Inmates Freed Under First Step Act Had 37% Lower Recidivism Rate
The recidivism rate for people released under the 2018 federal First Step Act (FSA) is about 37% lower than similarly situated people...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Alaska Passes ID Law To Help Departing Inmates
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a bill to support Alaskans leaving prison and reentering society, News From The States reports. The law...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 20, 20232 min read
New Missouri Corrections Center Uses Restorative Justice
A recently opened Missouri Department of Corrections center is taking a different approach to corrections, one that focuses on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Despite Unemployment Lows, Ex-Inmates Face Hurdles Finding Work
The U.S. unemployment rate is near lows unseen since the 1960s. A few months ago, there were two job openings for every unemployed...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 29, 20231 min read
DeSantis Vetoes GOP Bill Expanding Expungement Of Criminal Records
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a GOP-backed criminal justice reform bill that passed with almost unanimous support in both houses of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Survey Finds 90% With Criminal Records Have Been Victims
A new national survey of former inmates commissioned by the Alliance for Safety and Justice documents the ways in which securing housing,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 20, 20232 min read
Activists Seek Aid For CA Women Ex-Inmates Facing 'Food Insecurity'
Deanna Mirabal was released from prison seven months ago, after 38 years of being locked up. She entered a world where resources for...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Five Former Prisoners Now Serve In State Legislatures
Since Democrat Tarra Simmons in 2021 became the first formerly incarcerated legislator in Washington State, a string of others have been...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Kentucky Claims Recidivism Rate At Record Low 27.15 Percent
Kentucky has made significant strides in putting former prisoners on a path toward productive lives and away from committing new crimes,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20232 min read
NYC Project Offers Housing To Older Inmates After Long Prison Stays
In 2004, the U.S. Sentencing Commission again called attention to the racial disparities produced by the 100-to-1 rule. This meant that...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 1, 20232 min read
More States May Grant Voting Access To Felons
Several state legislatures appear poised this year to continue a trend of revisiting rules for granting voting rights to people who were...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Why Has Prison Tech Training Failed to Keep Up With the Times?
“Could there be a future in computer programming for prisoners?” The question was posed in an advertisement for IBM way back in 1970, but...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 6, 20232 min read
Ex-Convict Hired By MI Supreme Court Justice Quits After Criticism
Newly appointed Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden hired a former convict as a law clerk, reports MLive. Pete Martel...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Adnan Syed To Work At Georgetown Prison and Justice Initiative
Adnan Syed, who was freed in September after he spent 23 years in prison fighting a murder conviction that was chronicled in the hit 2014...
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