Bill Aimed at Easing Employment Barriers for PA’s Returning Citizens Goes to Governor’s Desk
PennLive: Charles Thompson - June 24, 2020 A bill aimed at helping people with past criminal records find open doors to work in...
New Report: Trauma ‘A Way of Life’ for Returning Citizens
Michael Gelb - The Crime Report: June 19, 2020 A striking 47 percent of former inmates experienced at least one traumatic event in the...
How Federal Prisons Became Coronavirus Death Traps
Keri Blakinger and Keegan Hamilton - The Marshall Project: June 18, 2020 He sounded like he was dying. That was Sonia Rodriguez’s first...
As COVID-19 Spreads In Prisons, Lockdowns Spark Fear Of More Solitary Confinement
Joseph Shapiro - NPR: June, 15, 2020 Prisons across the country have placed prisoners on lockdown — they're kept in their cells mostly...
Coronavirus Cases Rise Sharply in Prisons Even as They Plateau Nationwide
Timothy Williams, Libby Seline and Rebecca Griesbach - The New York Times: June 16, 2020 Cases of the coronavirus in prisons and jails...
Mass Decarceration, COVID-19, and Justice in America
Deanna Van Buren & F. Javier Torres-Campos – Stanford Social Innovation Review, June 9, 2020 With the highest incarceration rate in the...
Emergency Cash Assistance Program Has Been Extended to July 12th
You can still apply to get a one-time cash grant to help support your family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apply online ASAP. Below, you...
Small Business Owner with a Criminal Record? Share Your Story with CLS
The CARES Act is providing federal funding to help our nation’s small businesses get through the COVID-19 pandemic. But thousands of...