Safer Return
August 3, 2015 | by CA | Feature, Programming
You probably already know the jaw-dropping stats about American prisons: that the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. That we’re home to 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of its prisoners. That more than one in every 10 American men has a felony conviction. That more than 60 percent […]
Tags: demonstration project, needs, re-entry, recidivism, Safer Return, Urban Institute
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August 3, 2015 | by CA | Feature, Programming
By Matthew Johnson, multimedia manager, Urban Institute In the dark of night, on the west side of Chicago, a group of young men jumped onto a moving Union Pacific cargo train, pried a door open, and attempted to steal what was inside. But this was not their night. They were detected, police rushed to the […]
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