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Clean Slate Laws Are Transforming Lives: Evidence from Survey Research in Pennsylvania, Utah, and Michigan

So far, Clean Slate laws have passed in twelve states, and three states have led the way with implementation: Pennsylvania, Utah, and Michigan. But what has been the real impact of these policies on the lives of people who live with a record? Our new report begins to answer that question. Learn more in this blog post by Dr. Laura Chavez, Director of Research & Data.

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New Research: Impacts of California’s Clean Slate Law

California’s Clean Slate law is a significant development in the national effort to provide automated record relief for millions of people who have records in America. As support for passing and implementing Clean Slate laws continues to grow, studies like these are how we can determine what’s working and what’s not — learn more in this blog post from CSI and California Policy Lab.

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New Data Model Sheds Light on the Depth of America's Arrest and Conviction Records Crisis

In a breakthrough for public policy creation, a new data model unveiled by The Clean Slate Initiative (CSI) offers detailed insights into the crisis of arrest and conviction records in America. The data model powers The CSI Data Dashboard, which presents data visualizations and population estimates for people in the U.S. impacted by arrest and conviction records, with data further broken down by race, ethnicity, sex, and type of record within each state and over time.

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Second Chance Month Illustrates the Strength of State and Federal Bipartisan Reform Efforts 

Second Chance Month aims to raise awareness about the importance of ensuring people have access to meaningful opportunities after obtaining an arrest or conviction record. Clean Slate policies have created the largest impact of second chance efforts in recent years, made possible by sustained bipartisan support at the state and federal levels. As a result, over one million people in America have received a second chance through automated record sealing of eligible arrest or conviction records. Millions more are in line to have their record automatically sealed as additional states implement policies already signed into law and more states continue to advance additional Clean Slate legislation.

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