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Visit the Library to access hundreds of resources including:

• A manual for attorneys detailing the collateral consequences of criminal proceedings in New York State (updated February 2010)
  
  

• Reference charts of immigration consequences of hundreds of pleas and convictions
  
  

• Sample letters educating employers about the employment rights of people with criminal records
  
  

• Overviews of criminal procedure and glossary of criminal law terminology
  
  

• Resources and forms for applying for Certificates of Relief from Disability and Certificates of Good Conduct
  
  

For research, national policy, and program information visit the Reentry Net National Library.

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Sponsoring Organizations

The Bronx Defenders

Center for Community Alternatives

Center for Employment Opportunities

Community Service Society

Correctional Association of NY

Empire Justice Center

Fortune Society

Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry & Employment

The Legal Aid Society

Legal Services for New York City

MFY Legal Services

National H.I.R.E. Network

Neighborhood Defenders Service of Harlem

New York State Defenders Association

Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Pro Bono Net

Women's Prison Association

July 26, 2010

2009 Annual Crimestat Report for Criminal Justice on the DCJS Website

DCJS recently released the fifth annual Crimestat Report for criminal justice. The 2009 report provides summary information and long term data trends through 2009 on many aspects of criminal justice. This report (as well as other research reports) are available on the DCJS website http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/pubs.htm . The 2009 report includes data and information on the following topics: Criminal Justice Populations, Jail and Prison Management, Offender Re-Entry, Reported Crime Trends, Operation IMPACT,DNA Databank and Collections, Sex Offender Management, Domestic Violence.

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1. Certificates of Relief from Disability and Certificates of Good Conduct

2. Public Assistance: What Is It? How Do I Apply?

3. Consequences of Criminal Proceedings in New York State, February 2010

4. Policy Directive #04-10-ELI: Mailed or Faxed Public Assistance and/or Food Stamps Applications

5. How Do I Handle Housing Authority Termination-of-Tenancy Problems? (MFY Legal Services)