Bridgeport’s re-entry office aims to emerge stronger out of COVID By Brian Lockhart
BRIDGEPORT As the coronavirus swept across Connecticut last year and many stayed home, Earl Bloodworth was instead driving around delivering masks and other personal protective equipment to incarcerated men and women finishing their sentences in local halfway houses.
“You don’t know if that saved a life or not,” recalled Rob Hebert, senior vice president of re-entry affairs for Career Resources, a workforce readiness and employment non-profit that runs a handful of halfway facilities. “That was yeoman’s work.”
And, Hebert said, it was a good example of Bloodworth’s quiet but persistent style as head of the city’s re-entry affairs program, helping inmates returning from prison readjust by finding work, housing, counseling and other needs.
Bridgeport amphitheater developer gets $50,000 rent request for billboard
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The newly named Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, currently under construction in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 26, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Construction continues on the newly named Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The amphitheater will open for college graduations, the first events to utilize the new venue, on May 15.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Principal Howard Saffan gives a tour of the newly named Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The amphitheater will open for college graduations, the first events to utilize the new venue, on May 15.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Bridgeport cop reform group meets publicly for first time, invites new faces to the table
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Protestors settle in for a fifth consecutive day at their encampment outside Bridgeport Police Headquarters in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, June 15, 2020. The protestors asked to publicly air their demands in front of the Bridgeport City Council.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Protestors settle in for a fifth consecutive day at their encampment outside Bridgeport Police Headquarters in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, June 15, 2020. The protestors asked to publicly air their demands in front of the Bridgeport City Council.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less