
PLSE is hiring a Paralegal!
PLSE is seeking to hire a Paralegal for our Criminal Records Expungement Project (C-REP). While PLSE expects to obtain funding to make it...
The JEVS Human Services IT Pre-Apprenticeship Program starts January 28th!
The JEVS Human Services IT Pre-Apprenticeship Program starts January 28th! The program is a 5-month, no-cost training program in IT for...

The Prison Society is hiring!
Position: Prison Programming Director Salary: $65,000 Deadline: February 4, 2019 1) Within 2 months, you will successfully assume the...

Pa.’s new Clean Slate Law means jail time is no longer a life sentence
January 14, 2019, William Bleier - Generocity Before she met her “angel,” ND received three separate convictions in Philadelphia for...
Eagles Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund
December 20, 2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles Following an initial $190,000 in grants and a $20,000 donation to MenzFit earlier in the...

Updates on the Clean Slate Law and Next Steps
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Holiday card campaign to Gov. Wolf calls for repeal of Pa.'s new prison mail policy
December 12, 2018, Sara Hoover - WHYY An annual card-making event in Philadelphia was filled with holiday cheer, but some people were...
Opinion: PA’s new sentencing algorithm is a weapon of mass incarceration
December 11, 2018, Reuben Jones - Billy Penn What did Walt Whitman mean when he wrote “I am large, I contain multitudes”? The famous...

CLS Releases "Legal Remedies and Limitations: Employment of People with Criminal Records in Pen
This revised document that details the legal restrictions regarding hiring and occupational licensing when someone has a criminal...

How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
December 2, 2018, By Eli Hager and Anna Flagg - The Marshall Project in Partnership with the Washington Post Lori Lynn Adams was a mother...