Refer to individuals (or the population) in four categories:

• Have been incarcerated or detained in a prison, immigration detention center, local jail, juvenile detention center, or other incarceration setting
• Have been convicted but not incarcerated
• Have been charged but not convicted
• Have been arrested.

With the criminal justice system impacting so many individuals (research suggests that about one-third of adults in the U.S. has some form of criminal record, with higher proportions in poor communities and communities of color), there has been growing attention to the educational and employability experiences of the  justice-impacted population to ensure that policies and practices do not unintentionally exclude applicants from educational opportunities and employment.