
Philly First Home is Reopen for First-Time Homebuyers
The Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. (PHDC) announce the Philly First Home...

Read Justice Dept.'s Recommended Evidence-Based Approach to Reduce Barriers to Successful Reentry
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the release of a report by the Reentry Coordination Council entitled...

Pennsylvania Prisons: A Fight for Humane Release Policies
Workers World: Joe Piette | April 28, 2022 Philadelphia Bradford Gamble is out of prison after serving 46 years and is now living with...

Reentry Services as Crime Prevention Tools
Southwest Global Times: Alanna O'Malley | April 28, 2022 In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled in Miller vs Alabama that mandatory life...

More Public Defense Spending?
The Philadelphia Citizen: Emily Nonko | April 28, 2022 If you’re arrested in Philadelphia and cannot afford a lawyer, there’s a good...

Read How the Christian Community can Help Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
The Baptist Standard: Marcus Franklin | April 28, 2022 More than 600,000 people—roughly the population of El Paso—are released from...

Recidivism Is Inadequate Measure of Success After Prison, Says Report
National Academies | April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — Recidivism is an inadequate measurement of success after release from prison, says a new...

U.S. Dept of Edu Expands Pell Experiment & Actions to Help Incarcerated Individuals Resume Education
U.S. Department of Education | April 26, 2022 Today, during Second Chance Month, the U.S. Department of Education announces actions to...

Biden Takes His First Actions on Clemency with Three Pardons and Seventy-Five Commutations
NPR: Carrie Johnson and Ayana Archie | April 26, 2022 President Biden is taking his first actions on clemency since he entered the White...

Join the Virtual Conversation with Susan Burton, An Advocate for Former Incarcerated Women (5/12)
About this event Susan Burton is the founder of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit organization that provides housing and other support to...