Voices of Redemption: A national survey of people with records

The voices and experiences of people who are The 2023 National Survey of People with Records impacted by crime and incarceration are critical to reveals that the majority of people with records have informing the urgent debate on public safety and suffered significant barriers to economic mobility as defining the best path forward to stop the cycle of a result of their record, nearly all have been. [...] in March, 2023, Alliance for Safety and Justice commissioned a first-of-its-kind National Survey KEY FINDINGS Economic impacts of having a record The 2023 National Survey of People with Records shows that people with records have a wide range of demographics and backgrounds — but they overwhelmingly experience economic devastation as a result of having a record. [...] Of those sampled: • 2 out of 3 of people with a record (67%) were • 1 in 5 people with a record (20%) had an annual over the age of 35 gross household income of less than $25,000 • 7 in 10 people with a record (69%) were last • 2 in 5 people with a record (42%) had an annual convicted or incarcerated more than five gross household income of less than $50,000 years ago • 4 // VOICES OF REDEMPTION:. [...] The 2023 National Survey of People with Records found that of those sampled: 9 out of 10 people with a record (91%) have been a victim of a crime, compared to less than half of people who do not have a record (44%) • More than 1 in 3 people with records who have • Types of crime personally experienced by been a victim of a crime (37%), were victims both people with records: before and after their. [...] Research shows people circumstances that led to arrest and incarceration, who have paid their dues to society are less likely to in March, 2023, Alliance for Safety and Justice return to crime and more likely to contribute to the commissioned a first-of-its-kind National Survey stability of their families and communities if they of People with Records.