EXCERPT: Added Police Chief Smith: “There are departments throughout the country, especially police departments, that had big concerns about this initiative, and we were among them.”…
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Kentucky released 939 inmates about six months early on Tuesday as part of a new program aimed at easing their transition back into the community, reducing recidivism and helping trim its corrections budget by about $40 million this year.
Lisa Lamb, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said it had heard of no problems by …
January 4, 2012 Tags: KY, news
Category: Parole, Policy, Projects, Uncategorized No Comments 
Prisoners are unpopular. We are all aware of this fact- politicians most of all. Therefore it was probably a smart campaigning decision for Florida Gov. Rick Scott to take a hard-line stance on prisons. In fact, he has recently even instituted a policy that forces prisoners to wait five-to-seven years for their civil rights — …
December 31, 2011 Tags: FL, news
Category: Policy, Projects No Comments
… Fidler was referring to the Young Men’s Initiative (YMI), a potentially groundbreaking three-year $127 million initiative launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg with great fanfare last August—and hailed at the time by many commentators as a new, innovative approach to ending the cycle of poverty and educational disadvantage that has condemned thousands of young men …
December 24, 2011 Tags: news, NY
Category: Projects, Youth No Comments
After waiting about two hours to appear before a Tulsa County special judge on his child support case, Jemal Rawlings spent less than 30 seconds at the bench.
“He’s in compliance,” said an attorney with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
Rawlings smiled in relief as he headed back to his new job.
“The less time you’re in …
December 13, 2011 Tags: news, OK
Category: Ex-offenders, Policy, Projects No Comments
BUSHNELL, Fla. — James R. White, a Marine Corps veteran in a blue uniform, saluted crisply as the honor guard marched around the courtyard, stopped and marched again.
But there were no weapons in sight here. No polished shoes. No gleaming caps. The 85 men standing at attention wore prison garb. When the ceremony was over, …
December 12, 2011 Tags: FL, news
Category: Ex-offenders, Policy, Projects No Comments
Michigan Department of Corrections Director Dan Heyns sees ensuring offenders have the resources to improve as imperative to the corrections process.
His thoughts on a reentry program, of which he was critical as Jackson County sheriff, have changed, he said late last month during a Lansing interview with the Citizen Patriot.
Law enforcement authorities found fault with …
December 10, 2011 Tags: MI, news
Category: Ex-offenders, Policy, Projects No Comments
Frederick Recupido, 35, recently arrived in San Diego after spending much of the last decade serving two terms in Tahachapi State Prison, located near Bakersfield.
“I had no place to go,” he said. “My family’s support is there, it’s just not as it used to be because this is the second time.”
Recupido was one of the …
December 10, 2011 Tags: CA, news, stories
Category: Ex-offenders, Parole, Projects No Comments
[Tough case here. Easy to wax nostalgic about every program, but at least in this article not sure the writer or the program give us truly compelling reasons for hard-fought funding]
In late November, the city’s Mural Arts Program (MAP) unveiled a new mural facing the second-floor elevators of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office. Titled “Community, …
December 9, 2011 Tags: news, PA
Category: Ex-offenders, Policy, Projects No Comments
A Wabash Valley County is calling a special project to fight meth a success.
Daviess County used a $450,000 federal grant for equipment …