On April 26, 2023, the CrimProfBlog, edited by Professor Kevin Cole of the University of San Diego School of Law highlights Paper Prisons and Second Chance research on Minnesota’s Second Chance Expungement Gap, Texas’ Second Chance Non-Disclosure/Sealing Gap, Illinois’ Second Chance Expungement/Sealing Gap, and Missouri’s Second Chance Expungement Gap.
Author: Paper Prisons
TED: How “second chance” laws could transform the US justice system (Apr. 21, 2023)
Sheena Meade’s powerful TED Talk makes the case for Clean Slate based on Paper Prisons’ research “30 million people are eligible to get their record cleared…Less than 10 percent of those people actually get it done.”
Public Defenseless Podcast (Apr. 18, 2023)
On April 18, 2023, the Public Defenseless Podcast hosted Professor Colleen Chien and law student Alyssa Aguilar from Santa Clara University to discuss the Paper Prisons Initiative. The podcast starts by discussing the speakers’ motivations (5:30). Professor Chien discussed founding the Initiative after her research was validated by the experience of seeing numerous mentees and… Continue reading Public Defenseless Podcast (Apr. 18, 2023)
Sentencing Law & Policy (Blog): Proving Actionable Racial Disparity Under the California Racial Justice Act (Apr. 1, 2023)
On Apr. 1, 2023, the Sentencing Law & Policy Blog highlighted “Proving Actionable Racial Disparity Under the California Racial Justice Act” (draft paper). Link to Article
Our Town: Criminal Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks (Mar. 31, 2023)
Although Clean State reform looks unlikely to pass the New York legislature, Our Town highlights the case for Clean Slate based on Paper Prisons’ research that a Clean Slate Bill “would seal past criminal records up to 1.4 million people, according to one estimate by the Paper Prisons Initiative of Santa Clara University.”
Vox: Episode 2: Green Cotton (Mar. 22, 2023)
On March 22, 2023, Vox Creative made the case for Clean Slate legislation based on Paper Prisons’ “second chance gap” research.