New NC law makes clean slates easier

@NCCapitol  WRAL TV Raleigh NC New NC law makes clean slates easier for some criminals   July 28, 2017 Raleigh, N.C. — Some people convicted of crimes in North Carolina will soon find it easier to clear their records. Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday signed into a law a...

Why State Officials Should Fight Jail Growth

a Prison Policy Initiative Report by Joshua Aiken Press Release May 31, 2017 One out of every three people behind bars is being held in a local jail, yet jails get almost none of the attention that prisons do. Jails are ostensibly locally controlled, but the people...

  records for first offenders under the age of 18 at the time of conviction of misdemeanor; expunction of certain other misdemeanors. (a)        Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of any felony, or misdemeanor other than a traffic violation,...

Jail to job: NYC to give jobs to released inmates

By Tom Hays  Associated Press NEW YORK — Neftali Thomas Diaz swears he’s done with Rikers Island. After being locked up twice at the notorious New York City jail for stealing a credit card and violating parole, Diaz entered a private jobs program. Once...