WCAU NBC10 Issue July 10, 2016
Community suffers. More than 600,000 get released from prison, another 11 million cycle through local jails. More than one quarter of all americans have had some kind of encounter with the criminal Justice System. Mostly for minor, nonviolent offen offenses. A report finds that nearly threequarters of all released prisoners will be rearrested within five years. Six in ten will be reconvicted. There are proven ways to reduce this. According to research, number one, education and vocational programs. Based on scientific evidence, meaningful work is an important contributor to keeping past offend...