NEWS, EVENTS, AND BLOGS
November 11, 2021
This week, the Council of State Governments (CSG), through its Justice Center, released its “Fair Chance Licensing Project[,] an unprecedented effort...
November 7, 2021
Tenant screening providers serve an important public interest by offering what tenants demand and the law often requires: safe places to...
October 5, 2021
On the last day of the 2021 legislative session, a bill that would have limited employers’ and landlords’ access to criminal...
August 3, 2021
Brian Matthews, the Appriss Insights president, makes an important point about the labor economy in his home state of Kentucky. In...
June 30, 2020
The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature passed S.B. 637, a bipartisan bill to ease occupational and professional licensing barriers that had previously stood...
February 4, 2020
Prior criminal activity can also be a predictor of future action. A 2018 report shows that rates of recidivism are significant. ...
January 20, 2020
CDIA recently sent a letter to the court administrator of the Akron Municipal Court regarding Local Rule No. 39, motion to...
December 30, 2019
In full bloom in the American penal system is “The GreenHouse”. At Rikers Island is what the New York Times called...