WORK IN PROGESS - A Second Chance
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
WORK IN PROGRESS - A Second Chance
650,000
men and women are released from US prisons every year. Once released,
many of these former inmates find it difficult to reenter the workforce
and often end up back in prison. As part of the "Work
in Progress" special, NBR Washington Bureau Chief Darren
Gersh visits Louisiana to see what one state is doing to break the
cycle of incarceration by easing prisoners' reentry to free society.
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- Annie E. Casey Foundation Report (PDF Document)
"The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization
dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children
in the United States." This links to a detailed report, titled "Reentry:
Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities," published by the foundation
in 2005.
- Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI)
DCI is the Jackson, Louisiana prison profiled in Darren Gersh's report.
This website includes general information about the prison as well as
a discussion of Louisiana's CORe (Corrections Organized for Re-entry)
Program.
- Re-entry Policy Council
The Re-entry Policy Council is a bipartisan group created to help "state government officials grappling with the increasing number of people leaving prisons and jails to return to the communities they left behind." The site includes reports on prisoner reentry as well as information about related state projects and legislation.
- Report on Federally Supported Re-entry Program
(PDF Document)
This links to a report, titled "Correctional Industries Preparing Inmates
for Re-entry: Recidivism & Post-release Employment," prepared for
the U.S. Department Justice in May 2006. The report specifically examines
the "employment effects of the Prison Industries Enhancement Certification
Program (PIECP) engaging state prison inmates in private sector jobs
since 1979."
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