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Watch Recording of PRC, CLS and PILC's Ban the Box Training

PRC partnered with Community Legal Services and Public Interest Law Center on a presentation that explained the recent updates to...

PRC, CLS, and PILC Hosting Presentation on December 2020 Updates to Ban the Box Ordinance

Date/Time: March 3rd, 2021 @ 1pm Click here to register for the event Want to hear about the latest changes to Ban the Box as of December...

Opinion: If Colleges Want to be Antiracist, They Should Start By ‘Banning the Box’

BillyPenn: Corina Scott - July 24, 2020 Within a week of the start of the protests that continue to surge through the nation, nearly...

New Study: ‘Ban the Box’ Doesn’t Reduce Recidivism for Minorities

Efforts to remove questions about previous convictions from employment applications have little effect on recidivism, a new study finds....

Expanding 'ban the box' critical for Black youth in Philly, advocates say

October 16, 2018, Michael D'Onifrio - The Philadelphia Tribune Mary Baxter thought her past was behind her. Ten years after she served...

Opinion: I went from prison to professor – here’s why criminal records should not be used to keep pe

August 16, 2018, Stanley Andrisse - The Conversation Beginning next year, the Common Application – an online form that enables students...

Ending Crime Checkbox for College Praised by Inmate Advocates

August 10, 2018, Elena Schwartz - The Crime Report This fall, for the first time since 2006, students using the Common Application to...

Incentivizing Employers to Hire Ex-Offenders: What Policies Are Most Effective?

From a new RAND Corporation report: "An estimated 64.6 million Americans (25 percent of the population) have a criminal record; of those,...

Community Legal Services just dropped a report on college admissions and students with criminal reco

Ban the box and Clean State initiatives have gained statewide traction in recent months as means to eliminate barriers to employment for...

Know Your Rights: Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening

This flier from Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity explains the rights and remedies associated with the new Ban the Box ordinance....

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