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NY Times editorial on Second Chance Act

By Douglas A. Berman

Through this new editorial, the New York Times brings some needed attention to the new federal Second Chance Act.  Here are excerpts:With prison costs soaring, many states are understandably desperate for ways to cut recidivism and increase the chances that newly released prisoners build viable lives.  The Second Chance Act, signed into law by President Bush last month, would galvanize the re-entry effort, providing the states with money and guidance. Now Congress must appropriate the promised dollars. Some states are already leading the way. In Illinois ? where the inmate population has doubled since the late 1980s ? Gov. Rod Blagojevich has begun a promising re-entry program that could become a national model.  The comprehensive plan includes drug treatment, job training and placement and a variety of community-based initiatives designed to help newly released inmates forge successful postprison lives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 20, 2008 (boomark / email).