The Second Chance Expo helps recently incarcerated people in Indianapolis find community support services.

Researchers conducted the study at a work-release facility, where people who are near their release date can work and learn under supervision.

The event on Wednesday will provide reentry resources to formerly incarcerated people in the city, including legal, insurance, transportation, financial, housing and voter registration services.

In 2020 Congress passed a law to lift the 26-year-old ban on people in prison from having access to federal Pell Grants.

Many people who re-enter society after incarceration face barriers that make it hard to find and keep a job and be successful. They also face stigma.

Its likely Indiana will be sued if a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for people in prison becomes law.

People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.