Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Early on December 15, 2022, the Ohio House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 288 which includes “changes that would make it easier to expunge criminal records” to “reduce the burden on previously incarcerated Ohioans and reduce the likelihood that they return to prison, according to a report from The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In October 2022, a lawsuit was filed against a firm managing the application process for New York City-assisted affordable housing for allegedly barring ex-offenders with criminal records from housing and disproportionately disqualifying Blacks and Latinos, according to a news release from the filer of the lawsuit The Fortune…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – the research, evaluation, and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – has published an article titled “Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers” that shows how expungement of a criminal record “can help open the door to a second…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 18, 2022, the California State Senate approved Senate Bill 731 (SB 731) which would allow some Californians to have their criminal records sealed if they maintain a clean record. The California State Assembly passed SB 731 in June 2022. The bill will now move to California…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 27, 2022, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – the lead agency in Federal human resources – published proposed regulations in the Federal Register that would implement “Ban the Box” legislation called the Fair Chance Act (FCA) that prohibits federal agencies from asking candidates…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn An estimated 64 percent of unemployed men in the United States have been arrested by the age of 35 while 46 percent of them have been convicted of a crime by the same age, with the rates varying only slightly by race and ethnicity, according to a…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In January 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report entitled “Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace” that reviewed the financial issues facing people and families who come in contact with the criminal justice system, according to a news release from the CFPB. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 10, 2022, the Utah “Clean Slate” law that expunges certain types of misdemeanor criminal records automatically will officially take effect to help the residents of Utah who have some type of criminal record that may prevent them from accessing jobs, housing, education, loans, and other…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 26, 2022, a federal judge in a U.S. District Court in New York City said a convicted murderer who served 23 years in prison may pursue a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. and its Whole Foods unit after he was turned down for…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 4, 2022, Harris County in Texas adopted a “Ban the Box” policy that will prohibit most county departments from asking about the criminal history of job applicants and remove the box on county employment applications that applicants must check if they have a criminal record,…
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