Second Chance Act

The Second Chance Act will be signed by the President tomorrow. Congratulations goes out to everyone who worked so hard to get this vitally important legislation passed.

Alternet: It's easy to go to prison, especially if you're poor, young, careless, and/or just plain unlucky.

That's one of the messages I took away from the final panel discussion at this weekend's ACLU criminal justice conference here in Jackson, Mississippi. The panel, focusing on recidivism, was made up largely of ex-convicts who had successfully turned their lives around, secured long-term employment, and now run successful programs to help new ex-convicts reenter the workforce.
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