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  • *NEW* Impacts of Jail Expansion in New York State: A Hidden Burden

  • *NEW* The Attorney General's Report on Criminal History Background Checks

  • 35 P.S. §§ 10225.501 – 508 (Older Adults Protective Services Act)

  • [Montana] Representing Immigrant Defendants After Padilla V. Kentucky (Office of the Montana State Public Defender)

  • A Practical Legal Services Approach to Addressing Racial Discrimination in Employment

  • A Reentry-Centered Vision of Criminal Justice.

  • A Report on the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions in Maryland (Spring 2007)

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Arkansas Community Corrections Overview

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Baltimore City Diversion Programs

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Baltimore City Drug Treatment Manual

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Certificates of Rehabilitation & Other Forms of Relief from Collateral Consequences of Conviction

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Expanded Use of Criminal Records (Sharon Dietrich)

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Gregory Everett Testimony

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: March 3, 2006 Hearing Notes

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: March 31, 2006 Hearing Notes

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Multnomah County Oregon Diversion Programs

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Multnomah County Oregon Domestic Violence Diversion Program

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: October 13 Hearing Notes

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Omega Center overview

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Patricia Jessamy's Presentation

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Presentation by Patricia Jessamy

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Treatment Alternatives for Dually Diagnosed Defendants (TADD)

  • ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: William Carbone's Testimony

  • ABA Criminal Justice Standards on Collateral Sanctions and Discretionary Disqualification of Convicted Persons

  • ABA Governmental Affairs Office Letter in Support of HR 4676

  • ABA Policy on Deportation as a Result of Criminal Conviction

  • ABA: Seeking Meaningful Review: Findings and Recommendations in Response to Dorsey & Whitney Study of Board of Immigration Appeals Procedural Reforms

  • Accuracy, Disposition, and Dissemination of Public Criminal Records

  • Addressing Key Criminal Justice Issues in the 21st Century (Correctional Association of New York - Feb. 2007)

  • Alameda County Dismissal Expungements - Frequently Asked Questions

  • American Bar Association Recommendations on the Legal Rights of Imprisoned People (Approved by the House of Delegates 2/13/07)

  • Amicus Brief in El vs. SEPTA (Community Legal Services)

  • An Advocacy Organization's View of Issues Surrounding Reentry: Setting An Agenda for Research and Policy

  • An Evolving Field: Findings from the 2008 Parole Practices Survey (The Urban Institute)

  • An Integrated Perspective on the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions & Reentry Issues Faced by Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (Michael Pinard)

  • Analysis of 2009-10 New York State Executive Budget (Center for Community Alternatives)

  • Approaching Reentry: A Conversation with Jeremy Travis

  • Arming the Courts with Research: 10 Evidence-Based Sentencing Initiatives to Control Crime and Reduce Costs

  • Attorney General Report to Congress on Criminal History Background and Employment Screening (National H.I.R.E. Network)

  • Attorney Training Manual: Dealing with Criminal Records in Alameda County

  • Ban the Box Antidiscrimination Ordinance (City of New Haven)

  • Beyond the Conviction: What Defense Attorneys in Washington State Need to Know About Collateral & Other Non-Confinement Consequences of Criminal Convictions

  • Bland v. Flynn Complaint RE: Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board Wrongfully Disseminated Inaccurate Criminal Records of Identity Theft Victims

  • Bland v. Flynn Draft Motion for Summary Judgment

  • Boston Globe Column: It's Time to Rethink CORI

  • Boston Globe Editorial: The Truth About CORI

  • Bridgeport "Ban the Box" Resolution (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut)

  • Bridging the Gap: A Practical Guide to Civil-Defender Collaboration

  • Brief arguing that the employment-prohibiting provisions of the Older Adults Protective Services Act violate the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  • Brief in Support of Restraining Order for Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction

  • Broadening the Holistic Mindset: Incorporating Collateral Consequences and Reentry into Criminal Defense Lawyering

  • Building Bridges: An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration (Full text & Commentary)

  • Building Bridges: An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration (Model law text only)

  • California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act Cost Analysis Report

  • Case Histories of Formerly Incarcerated Women Who Suffered Health Consequences Due to Delayed Medicaid Activation Upon Release

  • Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families

  • CCA: A Guide to Rockefeller Drug Reform: Understanding the New Legislation

  • CEO's Rapid Rewards Program: Using Incentives to Promote Employment Retention for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

  • Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Action Plan for Federal Policymakers (Council of State Governments Justice Center)

  • City Spending Rises on Programs to Help Inmates Leave Jail

  • Collateral Consequences of Arrests and Convictions: Policy and law in Georgia

  • Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions in the District of Columbia: A Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Collateral Sanctions: Florida’s Laws and Policies Impacting Employment Opportunities of Ex-Offenders

  • Coming Home From Jail: The Social and Health Consequences of Community Reentry for Women, Male Adolescents, and Their Families and Communities

  • Comments of The Bronx Defenders & Reentry Net on Nov 2005 draft of Uniform Collateral Sanctions and Disqualifications Act

  • Complaint Against State of Michigan, Michigan State Police, and Michigan Department of Education for Making Employment Decisions Based on Innacurate Criminal History Information

  • Complaint on Behalf of SEIU Canvassers Against Restrictions on Door-to-Door Canvassing

  • Correctional Industries Preparing Inmates for Reentry: Recidivism and Post-Release Employment

  • Cost Savings That Would Accrue to New York Under the Assembly's Drug Law Reform Bill (A-7078 of 2003)

  • Criminal Background Checks A Best Practices Guide For Employers (National Employment Law Project)

  • Criminal History Background Checks: Request for Comments (NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund)

  • Criminal History Background Checks: Request of Comments (AFL CIO Transportation Trades)

  • Criminal Law and Civil Death: The Collateral Consequences in Alabama

  • Criminal Records, Expungement, & Employment in Ohio

  • Cross-Sector Collaboration in Reentry: Building an Infrastructure for Change

  • Declaratory Ruling on the interpretation of the Public Health Code's prohibition on a health facility's employment of individuals with certain criminal convictions

  • Defacto Disenfranchisement (American Civil Liberties Union; The Brennan Center for Justice)

  • Demand Letter to Michigan State Police RE: Attribution of Convictions of Identity Theft Perpetrations to Identity Theft Victims

  • Dignity Denied: The Price of Imprisoning Older Women in California

  • Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets: Evidence from an Experimental Audit Study in New York City

  • District Court Opinion in El v. SEPTA (7/12/05)

  • Does Prison Harden Inmates? A Discontinuity Based Approach

  • Drug Law Reform: Dramatic Cost Savings for New York State

  • Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impacts of Federal Laws that Provide for Denial of Selected Benefits

  • Education From the Inside, Out - The Multiple Benefits of College Programs in Prison (The Correctional Association)

  • Employment Screening for Criminal Records: Attorney General's Recommendation to Congress (NELP)

  • Enduring Risk? Old Criminal Records and Short-Term Predictions of Criminal Involvement

  • Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement

  • Ex-Offenders Need Not Apply: The Criminal Background Check in Hiring Decisions

  • Expanded Use of Criminal Records and Its Impact on Reentry (Sharon M. Dietrich, Community Legal Services, Inc.)

  • Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2008 (The Sentencing Project)

  • Fact Sheet for Policy Makers: Welfare Reform - Implementing Drug Felony Conviction Provisions

  • Federal Employment Laws Affecting Individuals with Criminal Convictions

  • Federal Public Assistance Laws Affecting Individuals with Criminal Convictions

  • Federal Statutes Imposing Collateral Consequences Upon Conviction (2000)

  • Find Out About Collateral Consequences of Criminal Charges, Proceedings, and Convictions in Your State

  • Florida Governor's Ex-Offender Task Force Final Report (2006)

  • Free Books to Incarcerated People Programs (Prisoner Book Program)

  • From Arrest to Reintegration: A Model for Mitigating Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings (2009)

  • Full House Approves Second Chance Act Reentry Legislation - Nov. 14, 2007 (National HIRE Network)

  • GAO-02-209R Limited “Voided Arrest” Data From Federal, State, and Local Agencies

  • Hazmat Driver TSA Background Check Regulations

  • Holistic Is Not a Bad Word: A Criminal Defense Attorney's Guide to Using Invisible Punishments As An Advocacy Strategy

  • Homeless Shelter Use and Reincarceration Following Prison Release in New York

  • Housing, Health Care and Other Forms of Discrimination Against People with Alcohol and Drug Histories (LAC)

  • How to Get and Clean Up a Rap Sheet in Your State

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Principles in Community Corrections

  • In Need of Correction: The Prison Cycle of Health Care (Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved)

  • Internal Exile: Collateral Consequences of Conviction in Federal Laws and Regulations (The ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia)

  • Justice Kennedy Speech to ABA - August 9, 2003

  • Justice Policy Institute: Ganging Up On Communities? Putting Gang Crime in Context

  • Justice, Where Art Thou? A Framework for the Future

  • Labor Force Participation, Labor Markets & Crime

  • Laws Governing Public Criminal Records (Community Legal Services Power Point Presentation)

  • LEARNING to Reduce Recidivism: A 50-state analysis of post-secondary correctional education policy

  • Leaving the Street: Young Fathers Move from Hustling to Legitimate Work

  • Legal Action Center: After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry - A Report on State Legal Barriers Facing People with Criminal Records

  • Legal Action Center: Proposals to Improve Successful Reentry Into Society of Qualified Individuals With Criminal Records

  • Legal Outline of Authorites and Decisions Related to Criminal Records and Employment

  • Legal Rights of People with Criminal Conviction Histories (LAC)

  • Legislative Update on Second Chance Act of 2005 (National H.I.R.E. Network)

  • Letter Confirming Settlement with Pennsylvania State Police RE: Criminal Identity Theft

  • Letter Describing Settlement with Michigan State Police RE: Mistaken Identity Convictions

  • Letter to Michigan State Police RE: Applicability of FCRA to MSP

  • Letter to Michigan State Police RE: DOB Match

  • Letter to National Association of Professional Background Screeners Re: Illegal for Credit Reporting Agencies to Maintain and Report on Violations

  • Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community (Urban Institute)

  • Limiting Access to Criminal History Information - Aug. 2007

  • Major U.S. Cities and Counties Adopt Hiring Policies to Remove Unfair Barriers to Employment of People with Criminal Records (NELP)

  • Making Pennsylvania Criminal Court Dockets Available on the Internet Will Have Unintended Consequences

  • Making Work Pay: Promoting Employment and Better Child Support Outcomes for Low-Income and Incarcerated Parents

  • Memo in Support of Legislation Requiring New York to Suspend Rather than Terminate Medicaid for Individuals Entering Prison or Jail with Prior Medicaid Enrollment

  • Memorandum of Support of Bill to Limit the Amount of Time Criminal Conviction History Remains on the Department of Correction’s Internet-Based Information Lookup

  • Migration Policy Institute: BLURRING THE LINES: A Profile of State and Local Police Enforcement of Immigration Law Using the National Crime Information Center Database, 2002 2004

  • Model Local Legislation: City of Boston CORI Ordinance

  • Model State Legislation to Reduce Employment Barriers for People with Criminal Records

  • Moving Toward a More Integrative Approach to Justice Reform (The Open Society Institute)

  • Much Respect: Toward a Hip Hop Theory of Punishment

  • National District Attorneys Association: Policy Positions on Prisoner Reentry Issues

  • National HIRE Network: 2004 Certificate of Rehabilitation Policy Summary

  • National HIRE Network: Certificates of Rehabilitation Briefing Paper

  • National Hire Network: Model Legislation for Certificates of Rehabilitation

  • Navigating the Child Support System: Lessons from the Fathers at Work Initiative (Public/Private Ventures)

  • New Compendium of Recidivism Studies Unveiled (The Sentencing Project)

  • New York Reentry Roundtable 2008 Legislative Proposals Agenda

  • New York City Reentry Roundtable: Advocacy Day 2007 Legislative Agenda

  • New York City Reentry Roundtable: Advocacy Day 2007 Talking Points

  • New York Reentry Roundtable 2008 Legislative Proposals Agenda ( New York Reentry Roundtable)

  • New York Reentry Roundtable Advocacy Day 2008 Talking Points

  • New York State Court of Appeals Ruling in Walton v. DOCS Finding Plaintiff's Claims to be Timely and Remanding to Supreme Court

  • No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America (The Sentencing Project)

  • No Second Chance: People With Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing

  • NY Times Editorial: Cities That Lead the Way

  • On the Chopping Block: State Prison Closings (The Sentencing Project)

  • One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections (The Pew Center on the States)

  • Open Letter from the NuLeadership Policy Group

  • Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

  • Order Making the Temporary Restraining Order Permanent

  • Pennsylvania State Police Presentation About Proposed Technical Solution for Fraudulent Identification Processing

  • Preliminary Report, Uniform Collateral Sanctions and Disqualifications Act (July 2005)

  • Proposal to Amend the Correction Law So That Applicants and their Attorneys Can Obtain Copies of Reports Prepared Pursuant to Applications for Certificates of Relief from Disabilities

  • Proposal to Amend the Human Rights Law So That Individuals with Confidential Youthful Offender Adjudications and Sealed Convictions for Non-Criminal Offenses are Protected Against Discrimination

  • Proposals to Secure Fair Employment and Occupational Licensing Opportunities for Qualified Individuals with Histories of Criminal Justice System Involvement

  • Proposed Amendment to Article 23A of Correction Law § 750-755 to Limit Unfair Discrimination Against Persons Previously Convicted of One or More Criminal Offenses.

  • Proposed Amendment to Criminal Procedure Law § 160.60 To Correct Unforeseen Gaps in Sealing Law Protections

  • Protocol for the Development of a Public Defender Immigration Service Plan (Immigrant Defense Project 2009)

  • Public Health Code of Michigan Legislature, Act 368 of 1978

  • Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Reentry

  • Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America's Prison Population 2001-2011 (Pew Charitable Trusts)

  • Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives: State Obligations to Children in Foster Care and Their Incarcerated Parents

  • Recommended Key Provisions for Certificate of Rehabilitation Legislation

  • Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System

  • Reentry: Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

  • Release from Prison - A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates

  • Repaying Debts (Council on State Governments)

  • Report and Recommendations to New York State on Enhancing Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated People

  • Report from the National Association of Professional Background Screeners Says that FBI Records Aren't Accurate

  • Report II - Improvements in Probation and Parole

  • Report III - Employment and Licensure for Persons with a Criminal Conviction

  • Report IV - Access to and Use of Criminal History Information for Non-Law Enforcement Purposes

  • Report of the National Task Force on the Commercial Sale of Criminal Justice Record Information

  • Report on the Impact of United States v. Booker on Federal Sentencing

  • Report V - Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions

  • Report VI -Training in the Exercise of Discretion

  • Request for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Employment Rights of People with Criminal Records in the Nursing Care Industry

  • Safe at Home: A Reference Guide for Public Housing Officials on the Federal Housing Laws Regarding Admission and Eviction Standards for People with Criminal Records

  • Sample EEOC Complaint with Cover Letter and Memo of Law

  • Sample Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Flood v. Pennsylvania State Police

  • Scarlet Letters and Recidivism: Does An Old Criminal Record Predict Future Recidivism?

  • Second Chance Act of 2005 - Full text of House Bill HR 1704

  • Section 20173a. of Michigan Consolidated Laws

  • Selected Bibliography on Statutory Employment Barriers

  • Smart Justice: Findings and Recommendations for Florida Criminal Justice Reform

  • Smoking marijuana in public: the spacial and policy shift in New York City arrests, 1992-2003

  • State of Sentencing 2008: Developments in Policy and Practice (The Sentencing Project)

  • State-by-State Survey - Employer Legal Liability for Hiring Individuals with Criminal Records (Commissioned by Goodwill Industries, 2007)

  • Statement before EEOC Hearing on the impact of the El v. SEPTA decision and its racially disparate impact. (Community Legal Services)

  • Statement before EEOC on Employment Criminal Background Checks and Best Practice (National Employment Law Project)

  • States that Offer Certificates of Rehabilitation or Other Means of Removing Occupational Bars

  • Statistics on Incarcerated Mothers and their Children (Women's Prison Association)

  • Stop the Revolving Door: Giving Communities and Youth the Tools to Overcome Recidivism: Recommendations on Juvenile Reentry in New York City

  • Studies of Voting Behavior and Felony Disenfranchisement Among Individuals in the Criminal Justice System in New York, Connecticut, and Ohio

  • Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems 2003

  • Sustaining Public Safety While Promoting the Employment of Qualified People with Criminal Records: Recommended Key Provisions for Certificate of Rehabilitation Legislation

  • Testimony of Maurice Emsellem, Hearing on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Barriers to Reentry for the Formerly Incarcerated, before the House of Representatives (NELP)

  • The American Bar Association Survey on Reentry Programs (American Bar Association)

  • The Consequences of Conviction - Sanctions Beyond the Sentence Under Colorado Law

  • The Diminishing Returns of Increased Incarceration: A Blueprint to Improve Public Safety and Reduce Costs

  • The Role of Effective Discharge Planning in Preventing Homelessness

  • The Somewhat Suspect Class: Towards a Constitutional Framework for Evaluating Occupational Restrictions Affecting People with Criminal Records

  • The War On Marijuana: The Transformation of the War on Drugs in the 1990's

  • Thinking About Prison and Its Impact in the 21st Century

  • Third Circuit Decision in El v. SEPTA (3/19/2007)

  • Transition Paper for the Federal Trade Commission: It’s Time to Regulate the Background Screening Industry

  • Unchaining Civil Rights: Overcoming the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record

  • Uniform Collateral Sanctions and Disqualifications Act (Nov 2005 draft)

  • Union of Minority Neighborhoods Fall 2006 Newsletter

  • Unjust and Counterproductive: New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws

  • Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population (JFA Institute)

  • Unlocking the Potential of Reentry and Reintegration

  • Venturing Beyond the Gates: Facilitating Successful Reentry With Entrepeneurship

  • What Can And Cannot Be Done: Representation of Clients by LSC-Funded Programs

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