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CORI Overview (MassLegalHelp)

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Welcome to the CORI Practice Area section. Massachusetts keeps a record of every criminal court appearance in the state courts. These records are known as CORI -- Criminal Offender Record Information.

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OP ED-- Let's end criminal record penalty--and save money too

David Siegal, Robert Cordy, Crispin Birnbaum, Pauline Quirion
  This is an op ed in favor of automatic criminal and juvenile record sealing and other improvements that can be made by pending legislation.  Contact Pauline at GBLS for more information at  pquirion@gbls.org

2022 Important MA 2nd chance legislation

pquirion@gbls.org
SEE ATTACHED FACT SHEETS AND ASK THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO FAVORABLY REPORT THE BILLS  H1763  S10372. An Act providing easier and greater access to record sealing (Rep. Malia, Sen. Friedman). Requires automatic sealing of records after the applicable waiting period by the…

Federal Poverty Guidelines - 2024

MLRI
The charts below set forth the annual, monthly and weekly 2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines (based on HHS thresholds).  In addition, the annual, monthly and weekly 115% of poverty, 125% of poverty,  187.5%, 200% of poverty and 300% of poverty amounts are listed. Finally, you can…

A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual

Columbia Human Rights Law Review
A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual (JLM) is a handbook of legal rights and procedures designed for use by people in prison. Since publication of the First Edition in 1978, tens of thousands of prisoners in institutions across the country have used A Jailhouse Lawyer’s…

MCAD & Karl Hanson v. DSS

Full Commission
This is an important MCAD CORI related opinion that is hard to find on MCAD website although you can get it on Westlaw. In a nutshell, employer should not ask about or use juvenile records.