A new report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center shows that states across the country are continuing to expand opportunities to avoid or mitigate the adverse effects of a criminal record.  If anything, the trend first documented last winter in Four Years of Second Chance Reforms, 2013 – 2016 has accelerated in 2017.  Second Chance Reforms in 2017 identifies 23 states, … Continue reading New report: Roundup of 2017 expungement and restoration laws