returning citizens
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D.C. Council OKs Bill to Ease Barriers for Job Seekers with Criminal Records
The D.C. Council has given a thumbs-up to a bill aimed at lowering barriers for finding work for residents with…
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Felony Convictions Remain Hurdles to Voting for Incarcerated and Returning Citizens
State officials have passed voting measures to allow those incarcerated and those released from prison and jail to have access…
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SALMON: Pushing Back Against NIMBY — Replacing Fear with Facts
Resistance to housing for ex-offenders, recovering addicts and others is a pervasive problem despite research documenting favorable outcomes for individuals…
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Statewide Push Continues for Maryland’s Incarcerated Residents to Vote in November
A handful of advocacy groups are pushing to make sure those incarcerated participate in the Nov. 3 general election
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Program Heralded as Crucial for D.C.’s Returning Citizens
Within the past two years, nearly 100 inmates from Rivers Correctional Institute, upon their release and return to their homes…
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Efforts Intensify for Incarcerated Citizens’ Right to Vote
With electronic errors, long lines and voters who received late mail-in ballots during Maryland's special Congressional and June primary elections…
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CHAVIS: America Should Embrace Prison Returnees in Our Communities
There is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil…
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Walk This Way: Q&A with Marcus Bullock
Prioritizing reentry well before release is the key to Marcus Bullock's master plan to realign America's fractured criminal justice system.
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Md. Bill Requires Voter Info for Returning Citizens
Although most returning citizens in Maryland are allowed to vote, proposed legislation would require that those convicted of a felony…
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2019: The Year That Was
The Washington Nationals won the franchise's first-ever World Series.
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