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Funding Available: Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for...

Federal Funding Available for State and Local Government Agencies or Tribal Entities

Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Community Corrections Collaborations to Reduce Violent Crime and Recidivism In partnership with...

Helping Incarcerated Individuals Reenter Society

June 24, 2019, Jensen Toussaint - Al Dia For someone who has spent years behind bars, it can be very difficult to re-enter and become...

Seriously Ill Federal Prisoners Freed As Compassionate Release Law Takes Effect

March 15, 2019, Carrie Johnson - NPR Last October, a federal prisoner named Richard Evans noticed a suspicious mass in his neck. He...

5,000 inmates with hepatitis C sued Pa. prisons. Now, they’re on their way to getting treatment

November 19. 2018 , Samantha Melamed - The Philadelphia Inquirer In 2013, a cure for hepatitis C — a chronic viral infection that, if...

CSG Justice Center Releases 50-State Report on Public Safety

The Council of State Governments Justice Center has released a 50-State Report on Public Safety, which contains tools and strategies to...

Strengthening Correctional Culture: Eight Ways Corrections Leaders Can Support Their Staff to Reduce

July 19, 2018, National Reentry Resource Center This brief from the National Reentry Resource Center provides guidance for correctional...

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases "Home, Together" Report

July 19, 2018, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Home. Because we know that the only true end to homelessness is a safe...

Labels like "Felon" Are an Unfair Life Sentence

New York Times, May 7, 2016: "The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, which supports law enforcement and criminal justice...

The Federal Interagency Reentry Council: A Record for Progress and a Roadmap for the Future

A report released by the Department of Justice that provides an overview of the Federal Inter-agency Reentry Council’s accomplishments to...

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