April 2, 2009
Prisoner re-entry still a hot topic at Cal State San Bernardino symposium
The proposed Crest program - intended to help former inmates resume lives as responsible citizens instead of returning to crime - is still in need of funds.
The program is built on the idea that since California's legions of prisoners are eventually going to be released, it makes sense for governments and nonprofits to provide services that help ex-offenders live honest lives instead allowing them to be trapped in an expensive and dangerous cycle of recidivism.
"If they (former inmates) are standing next to me at the grocery store, I hope they have a job, they have a family connection, they're off drugs," said Carolyn Eggleston, director of the Center for the Study of Correctional Education at Cal State San Bernardino…
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
