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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...

Detention Center Garden Cultivates More Than Food

Georgetown News-Graphic By Simone McAvoy Crops tended by Scott County Detention Center inmates help offset the facility’s operating costs, b...

Where ‘Returning Citizens’ Find Housing after Prison

Stateline By Teresa Wiltz For those who’ve been locked up in prison for years, finding a home on the outside can be rough. Parole restrictions m...

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...

Environmental Programs Grow a Better Prison System

GreenBiz By Sarah Hicks The Prison Policy Initiative creates a yearly pie chart that details the makeup of the U.S. prison system. In ...

Freaky Friday, Prison-Style

The Marshall Project By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. No one knew what we were signing up for, but we volunteered for the “re-entry-to-society simulator”...

Returning to a Real Home: Former Inmates Get Second Chance in Public Housing

The Guardian By Amy Lieberman Nearly 10 years in prison is long enough to make someone dependent on the basic necessities: food, housing and hea...

Newark Reentry Initiative Aims to Cut Recidivism, Prevent Homicide

NJTV News By Erin Delmore “When a fellow coming out of prison gets a job, it helps everyone,” said Sen. Cory Booker. A million dollar federal...

Life After ‘17 to Life’

The New York Times By Joseph Rodriguez and Nell Bernstein In California, known for decades as one of the nation’s most avid jailers, the traject...

Prison Unit Helps Inmates Prepare for Freedom

News Channel 3 By News Channel 3 Staff Every morning, Amelia Stem wakes up, pulls her clothes from the closet and gets ready for work. S...

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