Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers re-entry services blending Native traditions with support to help Indigenous inmates reintegrate and reduce recidivism.

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Tasked with two international moves and a family to raise, Bika Carter describes her transition away from the workplace as being an “organic step.” Seven years later, when the dust settled and she ...

ASHLEY: IT IS ONE OF THE FEW MARYLAND REENTRY PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON HELPING FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK WOMEN. ANDRE: TODAY THE PROGRAM GOT A BIG BOOST IN FEDERAL FUNDING. SENATOR CHRIS VAN ...

In these most difficult times when our nation is beset with challenges from every direction, it is important that we take the time to acknowledge both individuals and organizations that work ...

LIVES. SITTING AROUND A KITCHEN TABLE, ALL SMILING, TALKING FREE. IT’S SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS SO SIMPLE, BUT THESE MEN DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE ALL OF THEM KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LIVE LIFE ...

The Madison County recidivism rate hovers around 85% — a rate that’s been higher than the state average — yet the city, county and much of the surrounding region don’t have re-entry programs for West ...

Americans of good will are eager to purge the racism from our criminal justice system, starting with a fight against police brutality and mass incarceration. George Floyd’s slow and agonizing death ...

February is Black History Month. I remember when the notion of Black History Month was pretty controversial. These days, at least in some circles, Black History Month has kind of settled into a ...

Locked in a prison cell during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tone Alcantara made an unlikely discovery about himself: He was a nerd. It wasn't a label his former teachers at Rosemont High ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Leaders of re-entry programs for individuals leaving incarceration across Connecticut said they are growing worried for the future of their programs, as state and federal ...