Maine lawmakers discuss plan to help released convicts find housing
Maine lawmakers are discussing a plan to help convicted criminals find housing once they've served their time.
Paroled and picked up by ICE: Two illegal immigrant convicts turned over, 21 others win freedom in one month
The state Parole Board turned two illegal immigrant murderers over to ICE agents in December while freeing a staggering 21 ...
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Re-entry Coalition plans workshop
The Education Subcommittee of the Blair County Prison Re-entry Coalition is planning a workshop to encourage local employers to hire former inmates. The effort to promote “fair chance hiring practices ...
Re-entry pilot program offers formerly incarcerated people $600 a month
Mecklenburg County is seeing positive results from a program that provides participants with supplemental income during their ...
Re-Entry Meal and Support Gathering prepares residents for re-entering society
The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is working to make people’s re-entry into society easier ...
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Prison re-entry group finds housing for first inmate
The Blair County Prison Re-entry Coalition has finally achieved a long-awaited breakthrough: helping a Blair County Prison inmate who was eligible for release but apparently stymied for lack of a ...
New law adds ID to Department of Corrections reentry plans
A new law will require the Department of Corrections to help state inmates get some form of state identification before they are released. The law, which went into effect in January, requires the ...