Benjamin Miller

A recent study conducted by JPMorganChase examines how second chance employment initiatives can expand opportunity for individuals with criminal records while strengthening the broader economy. It offers a practical look at how hiring practices, policy advocacy, and community partnerships can work together to remove barriers to workforce participation. It also underscores a critical reality: barriers to employment are among the most significant and lasting consequences of involvement in the...

A community classroom we helped the No Penobscot County Jail Expansion group put on exploring common misconceptions about public safety, the true costs of mass incarceration, and what more effective, community-based solutions can look like.

Today marks 63 years since the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, which guarantees the effective assistance of counsel for low-income people as a matter of constitutional right. It is worth taking stock of how far we have come and how far we have not. While lawyers and lawmakers around the country mark this structural constitutional landmark, the Maine Legislature this month voted on an appropriation request to fund Maine’s already inadequate and failed system of contract “