Creating Model Legislative Relief for People with Past Convictions

This brief offers guidelines for legislation that would begin to make rehabilitation meaningful and provide relief for people with past convictions so they can contribute to the economy and society as a whole. It offers principles that would keep communities safe—such legislation addressing past convictions. policymakers should ensure that any lasting impacts of a criminal record on people living with past convictions have a clear nexus to public safety and are limited in scope to solely focus on that compelling public safety need.