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Offenders Get Second Chance with Program

The Register-Herald By Wendy Holdren By volunteering just a few hours each month, mentors can change the lives of the men and women asking for h...

Entrepreneurship May Be Key to Cutting Prison Costs

Tallahassee Democrat By Stephany Bittar and Val Rodriguez Recidivism — the tendency for a formerly incarcerated person to re-offend and return t...

Florida Expands Education Opportunities for Prisoners

WLRN By Shawn Mulcahy Florida prisoners will have new education opportunities under a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott. In an overinflated job m...

Do Renters' past Crimes Matter? Study Says Often Not.

Finance and Commerce By William Morris Every landlord wants to find reliable, rule-abiding tenants. A new study by four local developers suggest...

Colorado Community-Based Reentry Program Lowers Recidivism: Study

The Crime Report By TCR Staff Why has crime declined in the U.S. over recent decades? A new Urban Institute report on a Colora...

Justice Department Announces $53 Million in Grant Awards to Reduce Recidivism Among Adults and Youth

U.S. Department of Justice The Justice Department announced today that it will award grants totaling $53 million to 45 jurisdictions, to reduce rec...

Opinion: Out of Jail, Into a Job

Governing By Timothy P. Silard There's no mystery about one of the most effective ways to end mass incarceration in America: reducing...

Opinion: Hiring Returning Citizens Is Good for Business

Chicago Tribune By Jamie Dimon and Arne Duncan Even as the labor market tightens and more than 6 million U.S. jobs remain unfilled, the search f...

Shifting Social Gears to Tackle Poverty, Recidivism

The Heights By Alessandro Zenati Outside the double doors of an atrium leading to Google’s Cambridge headquarters, in the center of the MIT acad...

After Prison, More Punishment

The Washington Post By Tracy Jan He had spent 17 of his 46 years behind bars, locked in a pattern of addiction and crime that led to 16 prison t...

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