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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 April 2009)
  
  

• 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

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

Project Coordinator, HIRE Project, FACES NY

Re-Entry Case Manager, HIRE Project, FACES NY

1. How to Apply for Certificates of Relief from Disability and Certificates of Good Conduct

2. Consequences of Criminal Proceedings in New York State, April, 2009

3. The Consequences of Criminal Charges: A People's Guide

4. Alert for Lawful Permanent Residents with criminal records considering applying for United States citizenship

5. National HIRE Network Resource, Information, & Assistance Manual