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prisoner-reentry

With the passage of the Second Chance Act and the growing number of individuals exiting the jail and prison system, re-entry has become an important topic. The National Conference on Ending Homelessness hosted by NAEH presented successful strategies in working with jail diversion and re-entry issues. Francesca Martin of the Corporation for Supportive [...]

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A new study on the cost on incarceration in New Jersey by the Drug Policy Alliance - Wasting Money, Wasting Lives: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Incarceration in New Jersey - indicates that New Jersey “spends $331 million a year to incarcerate drug offenders, and leads the nation in the proportion of nonviolent drug offenders [...]

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