I am waiting for the moment when I will be evicted because trees will be planted where my apartment building is right now. I am also waiting for the moment when I will pay a fine for eating steak. I am waiting for the day I will be encouraged to take contraception so that I […]
People are released from jail everyday without a job, an education or a place to live. New software in Davidson County's jails is helping inmates be more prepared.
the reforms are projected to reduce department of corrections spending by more than $260 million over the next decade. some of that money will be invested into re-entry programs for those coming home. an important investment, because every week an average of 12,000 prisoners in america are released back to society. 95% of the inmates are going to get out. and when you do next to nothing to prepare them for successful re-entry, then you are creating a future that is more riddled with crime. but louisiana s reforms focus on nonviolent offenders. so, what about violent offenders? like the juvenile lifer group i met, or the men dying in hospice. we clearly met people in that prison who don t pose a threat to society. but in your opinion, do some people simply belong in prison because what they did was just reprehensible? well, because what they did was reprehensible and there