 Prisoner
Re-Entry Legislation & Reports
Legislation
109th Congress, 1st Session: HR
1704: To reauthorize the grant program of the Department of Justice
for reentry of offenders into the community, Introduced
in the House by Rep. Rob Portman (D-OH), 4/19/05.
109th Congress, 1st Session: HR
1300: Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act of 2005.
Introduced in the House by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) To ensure
the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from
incarceration, 3/15/05
109th Congress, 1st Session: HR
663: To Secure The Federal Voting Rights Of Certain Qualified
Ex-Offenders Who Have Served Their Sentences. Introduced
in the House by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), 2/8/05
Reports
Select Prisoner Reentry Publications;
from The Urban
Institute
Reentry: Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities
(PDF Format) from Making Connections: Neighborhood Transformations
The Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council;
The Council of State Governments established the Re-Entry Policy
Council (RPC) in 2001 to assist state government officials grappling
with the increasing number of people leaving prisons.
The
Re-Entry Policy Council also has a resource, Parole Status: State by State, compiled
from The Association of Paroling Authorities International,
Parole Board Survey 2002
The
Front Line: Building Programs that Recognize Families' Role in
Reentry; from The
Vera Institute of Justice (PDF Format)
After
Prison: Roadblocks To Reentry - A Report On State Legal
Barriers Facing People With Criminal Records; from the Legal Action Resource Center
(Also available in PDF
Format)
Improving
Prisoner Reentry Through Strategic Policy Innovations;
from The National Institute of Corrections, 2005
The Urban Institute's Re-Entry Roundtable
No
Second Chance: People with Criminal Records Denied Access to
Public Housing; from Human
Rights Watch
Justice
Reinvestment: To Invest in Public Safety by Reallocating Justice
Dollars to Refinance Education, Housing, Healthcare and Jobs;
from The Open
Society Institute (PDF format)
A
"Crazy-Quilt" of Tiny Pieces: State and Local Administration
of American Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws; from The
Sentencing Project, 11/9/05 (PDF Format)
Drug
Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impact Of Federal Laws
That Provide For Denial Of Selected Benefits; from GAO,
the Government Accounting Office (PDF Format)
Visit the Legal Action Center's Rentry Resource
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