Requiring people who have been convicted of sex offenses to register on a list that is publicly accessible appears to do more harm than...

People who are required to register on a sex offender list are more likely to be homeless, in large part because shelters are less likely...

Courts should be required to inform people charged with a crime of any consequences, legal or otherwise, that a reasonable person would...

Prisons perpetuate the criminalization of specific groups of people by sorting and labeling them as gang members. Analyzing how Latinx...

People with criminal records are often forced to find work through unofficial means, or by 'working around the law' because of the...

As the most commonly imposed criminal sentence in the U.S., probation functions to expand the sprawling reach of the carceral state. This...

Collateral consequences are imposed as a measure of preventative risk management and should be regulated as such, rather than regulated...

Informal collateral consequences can be just as harmful as those that are considered formal. In addition to alleviating the impacts of...

People with criminal records face a multitude of barriers after incarceration. This article explains what collateral consequences are,...

Collateral consequences are actually not 'invisible' as they are discussed relatively frequently during court proceedings. This article...

Collateral consequences have effectively resurrected the colonial era of 'civil death' (a state in which a person's legal status is...