The use of Legal Financial Obligations (i.e., court fines and supervision fees to child support payments), further impedes the upward...

Illinois prisons function as labor-market institutions, designed - at least in part - to specifically exclude Black men from economic...

In order to fully understand the costs of mass incarceration, research on the labor market effects of the carceral state must be truly...

Evidence-based reentry practices are often ineffective and unhelpful for formerly incarcerated women. This article provides a thorough...

The reentry industry, as an extension of the carceral state, is a well-functioning engine of structural and racialized inequity in U.S....

There is very little consistency in how questions about criminal records are asked on job applications, or what information is requested....

The carceral state works with the private sector to carry out the work of social control, extending risk-based logics far beyond prison...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics provides detailed information on how criminal record checks are conducted in the United States and its...

This fascinating (though outdated) report from the National Task Force on the Commercial Sale of Criminal Justice Information examines...

To what extent do mandatory checks required by government lead to an overall increase in background checks performed by employers? This...

More robust and clear guidelines and policies are needed to eliminate discrimination against people with criminal records in housing....

Because errors in background checks are common and have life-changing consequences, federal and state elected officials should do more...

Employers are continuing to increase their surveillance of potential and current employees. This article on the Society for Human...

There is a strong need for oversight and regulation of data compiled and disseminated by the myriad criminal legal systems in the U.S....

The stigma of criminalization takes on new meaning and heightened consequence when criminal records are online, easily accessible to all...

The production and use of criminal records has increased dramatically in recent years. This article provides a thorough review of the...

How did criminal records go from decentralized collections of local documents used primarily by police, to nationally integrated...

How can advocates use Title VII disparate impact litigation and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to move more effectively...

Ban the Box policies do not increase statistical discrimination towards Black men. Contrary to other recent studies, this analysis...

Ban the Box laws are helpful for reducing discrimination against people with criminal records as a whole, while also working towards...