FORT WORTH, Texas — Doug Smith spent five years and eight months in a Huntsville, Texas, prison for a felony he committed while suffering from substance use disorder and mental
Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record has grown significantly in the states in recent years.
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How Clean Slate Laws Create Better Cities
April 28, 2021
One in three Americans has some type of criminal record, which can create lifelong barriers to housing, employment, education and other opportunities for them and for their families. Clean Slate laws that automatically expunge records for thousands of people can double someone’s wages. The Clean Slate Initiative is a bipartisan coalition that is advancing these policies nationwide.
Over the past three years, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Utah have passed Clean Slate laws to open opportunities for millions a change that has strengthened COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery and created a more efficient government at the same time. How can cities help returning citizens get jobs? In Detroit, helping someone clear their criminal record is four times as effective as traditional job training.
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