Recently, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved by a 30-1 vote the $56.4 billion Fiscal Year 2018 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill, which provides $2.3 billion for Department of Justice state and local law enforcement and crime prevention grant programs that have been proven to reduce recidivism at the state and local level while protecting public safety. The House Appropriations Committee approved their version of the CJS bill on July 13.
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Mentoring as a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field
This publication offers five broad, field-based practical considerations for incorporating mentoring into reentry programs for adults. -
Capitol Hill Event Showcases Progress in Reentry and Recidivism Reduction
The National Reentry Resource Center and The Council of State Governments Justice Center recently released two briefs at an event on Capitol Hill highlighting efforts to reduce recidivism in communities throughout the country. -
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: What Corrections and Reentry Agencies Need to Know
This fact sheet provides an overview of how WIOA funds can support employment and education services for people in the justice system and those who are returning to their communities after incarceration. -
Nevada Passes Juvenile Justice System Reform Act
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval recently signed legislation that seeks to strengthen public safety and improve outcomes for youth in that state’s justice system.
Mentoring as a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field
Recent Posts
Troubleshooting Training: How Three Programs Prepare Volunteers to Mentor People Leaving Prison and Jail
Staff at the CSG Justice Center talked to three reentry programs with promising training practices about their experiences developing and delivering training to volunteer mentors.
Webinars
Engaging Employers: A Sector-Based Approach to Employment for People with Criminal Records
This webinar is for corrections, workforce development, and education agencies interested in improving the employment outcomes of people with criminal records. In the webinar presenters provide an overview of a sector-based approach, give examples of successful sector-based partnerships, and
discuss opportunities for creating these types of partnerships.
Responding to the 2017 SCA Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction Strategic Planning Program Solicitation
In this webinar, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and National Reentry Resource Center explain the FY2017 Second Chance Act Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction Strategic Planning Program solicitation and its application process.
Publications
Ban the Box and Beyond: Ensuring Individuals with a Criminal Record Have Access to the Labor Market
This report from the Center for American Progress discusses the reforms needed to ensure people with criminal records have equitable access to the labor market and economic security.
Life on Parole
In a new documentary called Life on Parole, FRONTLINE and The New York Times go inside one state, Connecticut, to examine its ongoing effort to rethink parole: a condition that offers a taste of freedom but comes with strict prohibitions on whom you can live with, where you can go, what time you have to be home and more.
Recent Headlines
Gov. Cooper Signs Senate Bill to Help Some North Carolinians Expunge Criminal Records
The changes to expungement eligibility will provide meaningful relief to a significant portion of the estimated 2 million residents with criminal records, particularly men and women denied jobs, housing, and other resources and opportunities based on charges that were dismissed or disposed “not guilty,” but will remain on their criminal records.
Entrepreneurship May Be Key to Cutting Prison Costs
The success of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program suggests the policy question should be: What is the most efficient and effective use of funds to keep ex-offenders in the productive workforce and creating value?
To Reduce Recidivism, States Scrap Barriers for Ex-Offenders
For years, states have tried to reduce prison costs by shortening sentences and diverting people to programs outside prison. The idea behind the push to help ex-offenders reenter society is that fewer barriers to getting work and adjusting to a new life will keep people from going back to prison.