FACT: Prior research suggests that employers discriminate against those with criminal records, even if they claim not to. Although...

FACT: No studies support the idea that formerly incarcerated individuals are poor workers or pose a greater security risk. In a...

FACT: The justice-involved often outperform workers without criminal records. For people with criminal records, rejection –and fear of...

FACT: Employees with criminal records tend to stay on the job and remain loyal to employers who hire them. In two recent studies, human...

The Trump administration has executed more federal prisoners than any presidency since Franklin Roosevelt’s. Roosevelt was president for...

After seeing news reports that local food banks were struggling due to the pandemic, a group of Oregon inmates raised almost $5k to help....

The owners of the Brooklyn Nets announced the first grant recipients of their ten-year, $50 million Social Justice Fund. One of the...

California is a world leader in incarceration rates with 581 individuals per 100,000. More than 325,000 Californians are currently on...

Los Angeles, California: In 2019, the People's Pottery Project began offering free pottery classes to formerly incarcerated individuals....

California relies heavily on the 1,800 inmates working in its prison fire camps to fight wildfires. Despite returning to society with...

Through a unique program offered by Ohio non-profit, Kindway, inmates at The Ohio Reformatory for Women and Marion Correctional...

Opening next week, non-profit coffee shop Well Grounded Coffee Community is dedicated to employing mothers who are formerly incarcerated....

A report released last week by the San Diego Workforce Partnership explores the link between systemic racism, criminal justice, and...

Today, the Philadelphia Eagles football team acknowledged the work of non-profit organizations by announcing that the Eagles Social...

Omari Amili spent time in prison for bank fraud before earning three degrees, including a Master's Degree, from the University of...

Chicago, Illinois: A recent study shows 44 percent of formerly incarcerated Black women are unemployed, compared to 18 percent of...

PBS News Hour explores the struggles that returning citizens face in finding housing after incarceration, which in turn prevents them...

Claudia Shivers, a High Point, NC, resident, is building her coffee-roasting business after graduating from the "Inmates to...

The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of all Americans but it’s been especially hard on individuals known as returning citizens...

The Queens Public Library in New York launched a week of programming to help formerly incarcerated patrons and their family members...