Criminal Justice Publications (Click to View All)

New: Educational, easy-to-read booklets

• Your New York State Rap Sheet: A guide to getting, understanding, and correcting your criminal record (2011)
• Lowering Criminal Record Barriers: Certificates of Relief/Good Conduct and record sealing (2012)
• Criminal Records and Employment: Protecting yourself from discrimination (2011)

Popular

• Changes to the Rockefeller Drug Laws and What They Mean for You (2011)
• How to Get Section 8 or Public Housing Even with a Criminal Record
• Know Your Rights: Are You in Recovery from Alcohol or Drug Problems? (En español)
• Occupational Licensing Survey

---

 

 Your Rights, Your Future: Preparing for Reentry

A video guide created by LAC and the Organization for Visual Progression to give people leaving prison the skills and knowledge to find jobs and prepare them for the challenges of re-entry.

 

 Sign Up for LAC’s Newsletters

 

 Alcohol and Drug Publications (Click to View All)

New Report:

Legality of Denying Access to Medication Assisted Treatment in the Criminal Justice System (2011)

A report that explains why criminal justice agencies violate Federal anti- discrimination laws and the United States Constitution when they deny access to medications, such as methadone and burprenorphine, to treat opiate addiction. The report was written at the request of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD), who, along with the Center, has a longstanding interest in expanding the use of these medications in criminal justice settings.

---

 

 HIV/AIDS Publications (Click to see all)

---

 

 Webinar Archive

Complete archive of past webinars

 

 Training Materials

The Legal Action Center welcomes others to use its training materials, provided the Center receives appropriate attribution and no profits are earned from their use. Click on the links below for the Center’s training materials:

• Alcohol & Drugs / Criminal Record (Know Your Rights Trainings)
• HIV

 

 Multimedia: Free Videos

Featured:

• Your Rights, Your Future: Preparing for Reentry
• Voting Rights of People in New York With Criminal Records

Or see all videos.

 

 Voting Rights of People in New York With Criminal Records

These free, downloadable videos were created by the Legal Action Center for the NYS Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (DPCA). They are intended as an educational resource addressing the voting rights of people in New York with criminal records.