Beyond Barriers
Our Beyond Barriers program builds on our past work on the disenfranchisement of people with past felony convictions (the VOICE project). Beyond Barriers focuses on eliminating the civil and social barriers formerly incarcerated people experience. The program works to create a society that better supports the successful re-entry of people returning to the community from prison and jail.
National Blueprint for Re-entry
December 9, 2008 - 4:24pm The Legal Action Center and National H.I.R.E. Network released a report outlining steps the federal government should take to improve the success of people reentering communities from prison. Called “National Blueprint for Reentry,” the report pinpoints the lack of access to higher education and to living wage jobs as the two most important barriers that must be removed in order for people to be more successful after prison.
Got a Felony in Your Past?
October 2, 2008 - 10:20amPSJ’s Denise Welch was featured in a radio spot that ran this week about voting rights for Oregonians with conviction histories. A lot of misinformation exists about former felons’ voting rights, partly because they vary so much by state. In Oregon, however, there is no confusion.
ID: Legislation Threatens Transitional Housing
March 6, 2008 - 10:18am A bill that recently passed in both houses of the Idaho legislature has the potential to make it nearly impossible for groups to operate housing for people transitioning from prison to the community.
MT: Helena Pre-Release Center Helps People Transition from Prison
February 19, 2008 - 4:13pm The Helena Independent Record recently published a feature giving more insight into how Montana’s pre-release centers work. The story New Lease on Life reveals that prisoners transferred into the Helena Pre-Release Center find jobs and in one year paid $48,000 in restitution and $147,000 in taxes.
Partnership for Safety and Justice featured in Portland Observer
January 8, 2008 - 3:53pm Partnership for Safety and Justice’s “Think Outside the Box Campaign” was featured in a January 2nd news story in The Portland Observer.
