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Collateral Consequences and the Enduring Nature of Punishment

by Jonathan Haggerty

June 24, 2021

issues: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Education, Housing, Jobs, Finance and Trade, Occupational Licensing, Reentry

originally published in Brennan Center for Justice

From Brennan Center for Justice:

Today, more than 27,000 rules bar formerly justice-involved people from holding professional licenses.

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