State Considers Cutting Re-Entry Program
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] From the blog ctnewsjunkie.com Connecticut’s Governor Rell has proposed eliminating the successful “Stride” re-enty program aimed at saving the state...
View ArticleHearing: National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009
United States Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) is probably the most outspoken advocate of prison reform and recidivism reduction in Congress. On March 26, 2009, Sen. Webb introduced a bill in the Senate...
View ArticleTwo Reentry Programs Prove Local Efforts Cut Recidivism
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] Santa Barbara County, CA Every year 1000 to 1400 offenders are released back to Santa Barbara County from California state prisons. Most have no home, no...
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Congress Set to Dump “Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act”
By Thomas Kinney The prisons are full, recidivism rate 65-70 percent, system is broken, can’t afford it any more, something must be done; we need judicial reform and a just released study confirms that...
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Recidivism Cure: Change Inmates’ Hearts, Inside Out
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] by Bill Glass Founder, Champions for Life Best known in the sports world as a former four-time All-Pro football player with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, Bill...
View ArticleFlorida’s Cash-Register Justice Stalls Re-entry Success
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] Florida’s practice of financing its criminal justice system with fees from the indigent creates a vicious cycle of debt for ex-offenders that threatens their...
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Reentry Effort for Drug Offenders a Start, But Short Funds
Following below is a republication in entirety of a timely editorial that appeared in the March 19, 2012 issue of one of South Florida’s major newspapers, the Sun Sentinel. The editorial clearly...
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