Watch: New CLS animated Video about Clean Slate
Do you really understand the new Clean Slate Law? If you hesitated, check out the video below from our member Community Legal Services,...
Register now: Philadelphia Benefits Access Coalition Workshop on TANF and GA Eligibility
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Come Monday, Pennsylvanians can apply for pardons for free
March 17, 2019, Katie Meyer - WHYY If you want to get a conviction scrubbed in Pennsylvania, you had better have at least $63 set aside....
Reducing recidivism makes our communities safer | Opinion
February 19, 2019, Josh Shapiro - The Philadelphia Inquirer If you ran a company with a failure rate of 68 percent, how long do you think...
Pennsylvania Dramatically Lowers State Prison Population in the Wake of Policy Changes
January 18, 2019, The CSG Justice Center Staff - CSG Justice Center In 2018, Pennsylvania’s state prison population decreased by more...
Pa. lawmakers try out new way of assessing impact of state dollars
January 23, 2019, Katie Meyer - WHYY Thanks to a law passed two years ago, Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office is now required to...
Pa. AG's plan to reduce recidivism taking form
January 17, 2019, John N. Mitchell- The Philadelphia Tribune When Pennsylvania State Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the...
This newly revived cash assistance program for poor Pennsylvanians is at risk again
January 15, 2019, Grace Shallow- Generocity The roughly $200 Susan Brown receives every month from the state’s general assistance program...
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...
As Pa. prison population falls, GOP coalition for corrections reform appears stronger
January 11, 2019, Katie Meyer - WITF Pennsylvania’s incarcerated population is shrinking — down by more than 1,000 people over last year....