A staffmember from Congressman Davis' office said that the House will be voting on the Second Chance Act on Tuesday the 13th.  But I haven't seen it posted anywhere.

The Second Chance Bill did pass the House Nov. 13 @ 7:14!!  You can go to FAMM for info.  

Although the Second Chance Act passed on November 13th 2007 there are some discretions, the early release provisions in the bill have been removed and the half way house provisions are still at 6 months instead of 12.  Write to your Congressman.  Write your Reps! Vote Smart join Fedcure.org in yahoogroups and learn more!

I want to know everything about this act and where i can find more information on it si if anybody knows more about it plese let me know as soon as possible. Thank you!

This is a step in the right direction.  However contacts

while in prison with a family support group is also

critical before they are released.  Across the board

phone bill reform for prisoners should be attached

to this bill.  If they have no family or friends left when

they get out their return to the community will be very

difficult.  We need to not tear down the bridges in the

first place, then reentry would be much smoother.

Please read my petition for a Second Chance Bill. The Second Chance Act is for ex-offenders re-entering society, but what about the ex-offenders that have been in society for years and are still being held back.

Thanks for your support.

www.petitiononline.com/.../petition.html

could someone just break it down to me and tell me what this bill is for.....if i understand it correctly it is for people who are released from prison..not in prison

so can someone tell me if this second chance  act will help people get out of prison early or is it for the ones who done there time and are getting out of prison please send any coments to

shedevil54751@yahoo.com  thanks

I think that this information or conversations are worth printing.  However I was not able to do so.  As a chaplain and and advocate of re-entry programs from time to time I like to send such information to some of the soon coming out inmates.  I would like to know the answer to terri's question also.   jerriflood@bellsouth.net

Will this act open up halfway house opportunities where prisioners could go to a halfway house for a year instead of six months to assist them in re-entry?  I had heard this may be a possibility.

Does the funding cover early release using GPS  Offender Tracking?

Did this bill pass an expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses? Did they add a new subchapter to Chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code providing for the possibility of expungement.?

Does anyone know if the Act helps inmates find housing once they are released?

HOW LONG IS LONG ENOUGH?

For any man or woman convicted of a crime, successfully completing their sentence, along with any assigned parole or probation, is just the beginning. After their release from confinement, they are faced with re-integrating themselves back into their community – often in the same area and with the same influences that provided them opportunity to break the law in the first place.

Their search for employment is often stonewalled by the fact that they now have a conviction on their record. Employers performing a routine search find the negative information, and unless they are part of a progressive federal or state program, or willing to give the applicant a second chance, the applicant is put at the bottom of the list of candidates – if they remain on the list at all.

The goal of improving their own economic status and fighting the impulse to return to their former ways is complicated further by the fact that even advanced education – like a master’s degree – is often not enough to convince a potential employer to give them another chance.

Apartment leases, home mortgages, opening a bank account or a credit card, and many other processes that non-offenders take for granted are often closed to these individuals. This situation continues for as long as the conviction stays on their record, and with the advent of computers, the information is even easier to find.

How long is long enough for a person convicted of a crime, who has successfully completed their parole and / or probation, to continue to pat for that crime? The Connecticut Pardon Team was founded in 2004 to provide tools and information for individuals convicted of a crime who are interested in clearing their record through the non-inmate pardon within our state through our Pardon Assistance Program.