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- In a letter to all state attorneys general, the Justice Department asked that they review admission and licensing criteria for trade schools and licensing agencies to purge them of criteria that illegally discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS.
- As the first anniversary of the passage of the healthcare reform law passed, an official from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services talked about the ways it works to close racial disparities.
- Meanwhile, researchers found that parity laws requiring equal coverage for alcohol and drug treatment had lowered plan participants' out-of-pocket costs, even as the question of increasing access remained.
- The National Employment Law Project's latest report finds that 65 million Americans with criminal records face unprecedented barriers to employment, while an examination by the Crime Report finds that laws restricting employment of ex-offenders are often based on stereotypes, not evidence.
- In a major report, Congressional Quarterly examines alternatives to incarceration, bipartisan support for prison downsizing, and growing evidence that most Americans favor alternatives to prison for people accused of low-level, nonviolent crimes.
- A bill introduced in the New Mexico House would send some people charged with drug possession to treatment rather than jail, saving $18 million and reducing recidivism.
- In Oklahoma, legislators and advocates are renewing the call for criminal justice reforms that focus on alternatives to incarceration.
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