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MA: Partial Progress on Justice Reform

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Partial Progress on Justice Reform Thursday, June 03, 2010 By Maureen Turner Last week's passage of a crime reform bill by the Massachusetts House is being seen by activists as an important, but not complete, step toward the reforms that need to take place. Activists have been pushing for years to change the Criminal Offender Record Information system?best known as CORI?which they contend works against ex-convicts' successful re-entry into society. Among their concerns: that arrests and convictions remain on people's records for too long, making it difficult for them to find jobs and housing long after their offenses. That issue was addressed in the legislation passed by the House on May 26: under the bill, felony convictions would be sealed after 10 years, instead of the current 15 years, while misdemeanors would be sealed after five years, down from the current 10...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).