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 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 November 10, 2021, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center launched the Fair Chance Licensing Project in an unprecedented effort to track fair chance licensing practices across all 50 United States to reduce barriers to employment for ex-offenders with criminal records and address the current talent…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 20, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) announced a new effort to identify and correct violations of the Fair Chance Act, a pioneering state “Ban the Box” law that seeks to reduce barriers to employment for ex-offenders with criminal histories, according…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Job seekers applying for work with the Orange County, Florida, government “will no longer have to disclose prior criminal convictions at the beginning of the application process” thanks to a “Ban the Box” hiring policy adopted by officials to improve access to employment for ex-offenders, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Effective July 29, 2021, the New York City Fair Chance Act (FCA) will add new protections for ex-offenders with criminal histories that include unsealed violations and unsealed non-criminal offenses while also expanding the protections already included in the FCA to cover current employees and to reach pending…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 3, 2021, the New Jersey Senate and State Assembly passed the “Fair Chance in Housing Act” (Assembly Bill 1919) that will give ex-offenders leaving prison a better chance of finding a place to live despite their criminal records and sent the Act to New Jersey…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Legislation being considered by the New York City Council called the Fair Chance for Housing Act (Int. No. 2047) would prohibit landlords and brokers from conducting criminal background checks on prospective tenants in an effort to remove a barrier to housing for ex-offenders who have criminal records…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 1, 2021, Georgia Senate Bill 288 (SB 288) took effect to give ex-offenders a chance to petition their sentencing court to restrict and seal the record of a misdemeanor offense four years after they have completed their sentence as long as they have not been…
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