Reentry Resource Center - New York
Welcome to the New York State advocate resource center on the consequences of criminal proceedings. Don't forget to sign up for free for our monthly mailing and full access to library resources - click on Join this Area.
Need help or a referral to legal services? Go directly to the Get Help page. Legal resources for community members? Visit the Consequences of Criminal Charges Area of LawHelp.org/NY.
For research, national policy, and program information visit the Reentry Net National Library.
Use the tabs at the top of the page to navigate online tools like the Calendar.
Visit the Library to access hundreds of resources including:
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A manual for attorneys detailing the collateral consequences of criminal proceedings in New York State (updated April 2009)
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Reference charts of immigration consequences of hundreds of pleas and convictions
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Sample letters educating employers about the employment rights of people with criminal records
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Overviews of criminal procedure and glossary of criminal law terminology
For research, national policy, and program information visit the Reentry Net National Library.
Contact us for more information, or to set up onsite user-training.
Sponsoring Organizations
Center for Community Alternatives
Center for Employment Opportunities
Correctional Association of NY
Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry & Employment
Legal Services for New York City
Neighborhood Defenders Service of Harlem
New York State Defenders Association
Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Resource of the Week
November 2, 2009
Guilty by Immigration Status
New report by the Human Rights Immigrant Community Action Network argues that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has, over the last eight years, created an "immigration control regime" in which it is promoting the criminalization of immigration status as a means of detaining and deporting individuals for often minor offenses.
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Career Opportunities
Program Associate, Rikers Project, Immigrant Defense Project
Director, National Prison and Over-Incarceration Project, ACLU
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Upcoming Events
- Breakout: Voices from Inside Nov 9
- Making the Right Hire: Employer Responsibilities and Best Practices When Hiring People with Criminal Conviction Histories Nov 9
- The Fortune Society Annual Awards and Benefit Gala Nov 16
- Support Group for People Impacted by Incarceration Nov 17
- Coming Home Roundtable: ComALERT and Alternatives to Incarceration Nov 18
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