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1 results foundAuthor: Priest, Gabriella Title: The Continuing Challenge of CORI Reform: Implementing the Groundbreaking 2010 Massachusetts Law Summary: Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) has a profound impact on many lives, posing challenges to Massachusetts cities, towns, landlords and employers and creating barriers for individuals with a CORI seeking jobs and housing in order to become productive citizens. CORI was established in 1972 to limit access to criminal record information and to create a system with guidelines enabling access to these records in limited circumstances. Over the next 40 years, access to criminal records was greatly expanded. While CORI plays a crucial role in ensuring public safety, the expansion of access had a significant effect on people with criminal records. CORI subjects not only have to deal with their criminal records immediately after the conviction and after release from incarceration, but for several years after the conviction, even when no subsequent criminal activity occurred. Research shows that among other needs, obtaining employment, steady housing and positive social ties are necessary aspects in reducing someone’s chances for reoffending, yet a CORI often impedes these positive elements of successful reintegration. In July 2010, the Massachusetts legislature passed, and the Governor signed, landmark legislation to reform the state’s CORI system. When the CORI bill passed, it was met with broad support and relief, and most people and organizations interested in the issue had high hopes for the impact of the reforms. The main goals of the legislation were to improve the process of obtaining housing and employment for people with a criminal history and to ensure that public safety in sensitive areas of public life was maintained. The 2010 law that rewrote the CORI system changed a number of aspects on how CORI is accessed, who is able to see which portions of criminal history and ways to increase employment opportunities for individuals with CORI. At the same time, the reform did not change all the features for which many people hoped. As with any piece of broad-based legislation, the final law was a compromise between multiple parties. Since 2002, The Boston Foundation (TBF) and the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) at CRJ have examined the issues in the CORI system in Massachusetts. In 2005 and in 2007, this collaboration produced two reports that peeled back the layers of the CORI system as well as illuminated the impact of the system on those who use it including employers, ex-offenders, law enforcement and others. This report provides information about reactions to whether the implemented elements of the CORI reform law have had the intended impact, and what the public should expect going forward. While the CORI reform law had several crucial elements and changes, such as the restructuring of the Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB) as the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS), this report focuses on elements of the reform discussed by CORI advocates, employers, housing officials, landlords and legislators. Details: Boston: Boston Foundation; Crime and Justice Institute at Community Resources for Justice, 2012. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 12, 2013 at: http://www.tbf.org/~/media/TBFOrg/Files/Reports/CORI%20May2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.tbf.org/~/media/TBFOrg/Files/Reports/CORI%20May2012.pdf Shelf Number: 127592 Keywords: Criminal Records (Massachusetts)Ex-Offenders |