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A decade ago, Missouri lawmakers passed legislation that was celebrated as lifting the lifetime ban from food stamp benefits for people with a drug felony on their record.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Doug Smith spent five years and eight months in a Huntsville, Texas, prison for a felony he committed while suffering from substance use disorder and mental

As more states legalize marijuana, people with drug convictions want their records clearedNation Updated on May 5, 2021 7:06 PM EDT — Published on May 3, 2021 5:58 PM EDT Michael has struggled with kidney disease since he was in his early 20s serving in the military. The high stress of the job ultimately put him in the hospital, and he was not able to return to the service due to his condition. The 37-year-old Virginia Beach ...

To our readers, Evangelos pushes to restore parole to Maine’s justice system By Douglas Rooks | Apr 20, 2021 Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos [Editor’s note: this column was originally published in The Maine Monitor.] If you are sentenced to a long prison term in Maine, your chances of being released early are almost nil. In 1976, Maine became the first state to abolish parole entirely, also doing away with the Executive Council, which once shared authority for pardons with the governor. Since then,...

"A Reintegration Agenda for the 117th Congress: Criminal Record Relief, Federal Benefits, & Employment" The title of this post is the title of this notable new short report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center.  This blog posting at CCRC, titled "Second Chance Month: A Federal Reintegration Agenda" provides some background on the report.  Here is the reports introduction: The new Congress has an opportunity to make significant bipartisan progress on criminal justice reform, includ...