iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Prison Reentry

Giving Prisoners a Second Chance Means Removing the Barriers to Reentry

Shon Hopwood | Posted 10.20.2012 | Crime
Read More: Prison Reform, Prison Reentry, Recidivism, Incarceration, Prison, Prisoners, Crime News
Shon Hopwood

Every year state and federal prisons release more than 650,000 people, a population equal to that of Seattle or Boston. Rather than providing the means for a successful transition, many states and the federal government hurl prisoners out into the world with little or no support.

Read Whole Story

California Is Not Prepared for Realignment

Kim Carter | Posted 11.27.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Reentry Programs, California Prison Overcrowding, Prison Reentry, Realignment, Prison Overcrowding, California Prison Realignment, Los Angeles News
Kim Carter

California will have to start diverting low-level felony offenders and parole violators to county jails. The question is, "How will these counties manage this huge influx of returning prisoners?"

Read Whole Story

A Fresh Start

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: U.S. Department of Justice, Jim Gibbons, Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Pew, Goodwill Industries International, Goodwill, Charles Plummer, Prison-Reentry, Healthy Living News
Jim Gibbons

In 2008, The Pew Center on the States found that more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were incarcerated. Of those adults, more than half wil...

Read Whole Story