Millions of Americans with criminal records face barriers to employment, housing, and other opportunities, forming a "waiting workforce." JPMorganChase & Co. and Legal Aid of Southeast and Central ...

Marcus Hopkins has been trying to have his criminal record expunged for years, a process which left him hopeless. His past kept him from employment and housing opportunities, for incidents he said ...

Annie Schmidt sat in disbelief as the pulsing dial tone hummed in her ear. Moments before, she had called an apartment complex about a listing for a one-bedroom unit. The conversation was going well — ...

Baltimore, once a poster child for big city crime, is now becoming the model for a turnaround as gun violence has fallen more rapidly than in any other major U.S. city, according to the Center for ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering bills that would expand access to expungement for people with criminal records. Advocates argue that expungement is crucial for people to rebuild their lives, ...

Federal immigration officials said they would get the worst of the worst, “the dirtbags”, off of American streets after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. “Follow the law and you’ll find ...