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Overcrowded prisons giving old inmates new life
Aging prisoners serving long sentences are filling overcrowded lockups across the nation. Colorado prison officials hope a new program will help let some of these old guys get out — and stay out.
State examining convicted felons' road to reentry
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction offers inmate apprenticeships in plumbing and vocation training in cosmetology. But when the inmates get out of prison, Ohio laws and rules forbid convicted felons from working in those professions. Those are just a couple of examples of the more than 800 post-release restrictions in Ohio that make it harder for ex-offenders to re-enter society.
For one former inmate, a new life
Getting shot was probably a critical turning point in Ray Tebout’s life, he says. It was 1990. Tebout had just turned 16 and was living on the streets of the South Bronx, selling drugs and doing his best to survive. And then some guy had to go and shoot him in the foot.
Editorial: Michigan's prisoner reentry program has proved its worth
Despite the rants of some prosecutors and several fixable flaws, Michigan's Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative is doing what it's supposed to do: reduce recidivism, and therefore the state's prison population, by helping parolees find jobs, housing, transportation, treatment and other services. A report released this month by the state's Office of the Auditor General found that parolees enrolled in MPRI were significantly less likely to return to prison, where they each cost taxpayers roughly $35,000 a year.
New Haven employment fair and jobs programs bringing results for ex-offenders
Four months after an October job fair for ex-offenders at James Hillhouse High School, the city is planning another. The city took a different approach in advance of the event, sponsoring job readiness classes so candidates would come prepared and looking the part when they met prospective employers. The roundtable group received 140 referrals from different agencies. Ninety-five attended the session.
Local re-entry program combats recidivism
Next week, the Center for Employment Opportunities formally announces its presence in Tulsa. Under the CEO model, clients go through orientation and then work with transitional crews. Each day they receive a rigorous, five-point performance review by staff at CEO, which pays the workers daily - minimum wage - at no cost to taxpayers. If they do well on the crews - picking up trash, grounds maintenance, demolition work and recycling tasks - they can move forward.
Funding found to revamp Ventura County juvenile offender program
With a goal of preventing repeat offenses by juveniles, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme was one of only nine organizations in the U.S. chosen to receive the Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Grant. The $609,232 will be used to match each incarcerated youth in the program with a mentor, probation officer, case manager, drug and alcohol counselor and mental health clinician.
Campus Within Walls program holds historic first commencement
"Today is a mountaintop experience", said Malcolm Taylor, Department of Corrections Regional Director, at the beginning of Lunenburg Correctional Center's Commencement Ceremony, the first in the history of the Campus Within Walls program. "A mountain top experience is defined as anything that is uplifting, inspiring, life-changing, exhilarating or illuminating. Certainly this day was all that and more."
Ohio governor: End bans on some jobs for freed felons
Gov. John Kasich says it's wrong that felons who have served their time aren't able to work in certain professions. Kasich says he's pushing to reform Ohio law to allow felons to do jobs such as cutting hair and driving trucks that they're not allowed to do now. Kasich made the pitch for these changes in his State of the State speech Tuesday in Steubenville.
State inmates' return to Pa. boosts county economies
In early 2010, in an effort to ease the burden of the state's prison system, Gov. Ed Rendell announced that Pennsylvania would contract with Michigan and Virginia to move 2,000 low-risk inmates to facilities in those states. Over the ensuing months, Pennsylvania sent millions of dollars out of state, at the same time taking criticism from advocacy groups that such a move interfered with family visitation, which in turn, interferes with successful reintegration into the community.
Cuts to ex-cons' job programs cost them and us
Every month, Colorado's prisons release about 900 inmates on parole. From month to month, another 2,800 inmates are living in halfway houses where they must pay rent and find work to pay that rent. These two groups jump into the job pool to compete with the thousands of unemployed people who don't have a rap sheet.
Program to help ex-prisoners stay out of jail
A pilot program designed to enhance public safety by helping ex-convicts avoid committing new offenses was unveiled today at the Worcester Trial Court. Funded with a $373,641 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, the Worcester Initiative for Supported Reentry will provide services such as substance abuse treatment, housing and employment assistance, family counseling and clinical and case management support to 25 former prisoners under the supervision of the Worcester Superior Court Probation Department.
Serious youth offenders faring poorly when put in adult system
Teenagers sentenced to probation for adult crimes in Pima County are more than twice as likely than older offenders to get into trouble again and wind up in prison.
San Quentin green jobs fair draws more than 200 men
With their release on the near horizon, more than 200 incarcerated men turned out to a green jobs fair Saturday inside San Quentin State Prison.
How to keep criminals out of jail
During his five years at the helm of New Jersey's largest city, Newark Mayor Cory Booker's work could provide fodder for months of columns on energetic, innovative and responsive government. For starters, he has overseen a stunning reduction in violent crime. In March 2010, Newark had its first month in over 44 years without a single murder.
County divvies re-entry funds
Glenn County officials have divvied up the money available to assist in the re-entry of state prison inmates, but some think it may not be enough.
Jobs important to re-entry from prison
If people coming out of prison can get jobs, it’ll reduce the chances of them committing crime again and going back to jail, said speakers at the Faith, Partnership & Re-Entry Conference held Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church on Holloway Street.
Bill would help ex-cons start food carts
In a new bill to be introduced Tuesday, the mayor aims to help people like Jimmy Nigretti have an easier time getting into the hot dog business.
Not All in Agreement Over Realignment
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to move nonviolent criminals and parolees from state operated prisons to county facilities may put a strain on local services.
Boys & Girls Clubs receives $600k+ to help juvenile offenders
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme aims to reduce repeat crimes among juvenile offenders in Ventura County by merging two pilot projects into a new program. The nonprofit received $609,232 from the Department of Justice to create RAMP, a Reentry Aftercare Mentoring Program, which will provide mentoring to incarcerated teens in the group’s Juvenile Justice Facility program so they are prepared to reenter the community and avoid committing further crimes.