Pittsburgh Current: Landmark Criminal Justice Bill Helped 1 Million People Get Jobs And Housing Last Year But Advocates Say There's More To Be Done

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That changed this year, when Robinson became one of the 1 million Pennsylvanians whose arrest and criminal records were automatically sealed under Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate Act – the first-in-the-nation measure that wipes arrest records after charges are dropped, and seals certain low-level misdemeanors and summary convictions after 10 years.

“Having my record cleared really gives me a lot more confidence,” Robinson said Tuesday, when advocates and criminal justice policy makers celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Clean Slate Act. Along with other people who had their records wiped, Robinson did not share her full name. 

Clean Slate took effect last June, one year after it passed with broad bipartisan support in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly. 

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