Different types of crimes happen everywhere, but some locations are more “predisposed” to illegalities. In Santa Fe, for example, the violent crime rate is 24.2, higher than the 22.7 U.S. average, ...

More than 70 million Americans have some form of a criminal record, which can entail an arrest, charge, or conviction. That record can go on to limit access to housing, employment, and education — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Wes Moore (D) embraces Carlos Battle, who spent 10 years trying to get his record expunged. He said no one should have to ...

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Connecticut is just the latest state to provide a more accessible criminal record expungement system designed to “eliminate employment, education, and housing barriers for those convicted of low-level ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A bill designed to help former low level offenders move ahead with their lives will become law in Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday signed the criminal records expungement bill, ...

I spent most of the first half of my life in carceral settings. My first incarceration was at 11 years old. By 17, I was serving what amounted to a juvenile life sentence, followed by 15 consecutive ...

A criminal record, regardless of whether a person was convicted or not, can foreclose opportunity throughout a person's life. Entities like landlords, employers and loan officers regularly run ...

Individuals with eligible Kentucky criminal records will have the chance to wipe the slate clean and start fresh. It is from ...