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Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) introduced two bills to expand access to education for Americans with criminal records, whether they are in prison or applying to go back to school with a criminal record. …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Tuesday, May 14 Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET During this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Tuesday, May 14 Time: 3–4 p.m. ET During this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bu …

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service By Allison Dikanovic Ray Mendoza remembers coming home from prison in 2015 and being overwhelmed by the harsh adjustment. He described the culture shock of re-entering society to “returning from the twilight zone” an …

Over the past decade, efforts to use research and data to analyze trends and design bipartisan criminal justice policies have made communities safer and saved taxpayer dollars. However, these efforts sometimes obscure the individual realities of the pe …

Hosted by The Council of State Governments Justice Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019 Time: 1–2 p.m. ET  In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department …

By CSG Justice Center Staff Senate leaders in April took strong bipartisan action in support of three programs in FY 2020—the Second Chance Act, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), and the Justice Reinvestment Initiat …

Monterey Herald By Jim Johnson Monterey County has signed onto a nationwide effort to addressing the high numbers of mentally ill inmates in the County Jail. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution joining the nationwide Stepping Up I …

By Dr. Nicole Jarrett Dr. Nicole Jarret, director of the National Reentry Resource Center. As April comes to a close, so does Second Chance Month, a time to focus attention on the millions of people returning from prison or jail each year. Ensuring the …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eBKO6V4DrM?showinfo=0] In this webinar, officials from the U.S. Depar …

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” thanks to Salt Lake County and the passing of House Bill 431. Utah is the second state (after Pennsylvania) to …

Austin Weekly News By Michael Romain The Cook County Board of Commissioners recently approved a measure that makes it easier for people with arrest records to secure housing in the county. The board passed the “Just Housing” amendment as a …

By CSG Justice Center Staff Gov. Pete Ricketts meets Face to Face with corrections staff and participants of services offered in Nebraska’s Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. This Second Chance Month, The Council of State Governments Justic …

By CSG Justice Center Staff U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). This Second Chance Month, The Council of State Governments Justice Center staff asked elected leaders across the country why reentry is important to them and the communities they …

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) cosponsored the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018, providing funding to more than 850 reentry-focused grants across the country. This Second Chance Month, The Council of State Governments Justice Center staff a …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is seeking applications for the FY 2019 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program, which encourages collaboration between state agencies, local governme …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the FY 2019 Innovations in Supervision Initiative (ISI) Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities Program, which is funded through the Second Ch …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the FY 2019 Innovative Reentry Initiatives (IRI) Building System Capacity and Testing Reentry Strategies to Reduce Recidivism Program, which is fund …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the FY 2019 Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness (CSAMI) Program, which is funded through the Second Ch …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the FY 2019 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). JMHCP grants support cross-system collaboration to improve responses and outcomes for …