April 19, 2007
Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Work and Community Support
NEW BOOKS
Call to Action: How Programs in Three Cities Responded to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis, by Paul VanDeCarr, details successful efforts in Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, and Washington to help recently released prisoners return to society. In the Jacksonville program, ex-prisoners helped build low-cost housing, gaining work experience and marketable skills in the process. The Memphis program provided a link between potential employers and
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