Malcom Young on Re-entry Principles

"...Nationally, state policymakers have endorsed prisoner reentry and employment as a strategy to reduce a $69-billion annual prison bill. And it can work: with an investment of $56 million in programs, Michigan realized $200 million in prison savings. But here's the rub: states lack the money it takes to save money. Deficit-ridden states such as Kansas have cut the very programs which had successfully reduced prison populations. Federal stimulus funds for transitional work programs and incentives for employers to hire former prisoners are drying up. And some observers are predicting that federal funding for reentry programs will be halved in the coming year..."   read the rest of the article here   [Malcolm Young directs the Program for Prison Reentry Strategies at the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University School of Law]