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VT: Progress made in transitional housing and programs to keep people of prison after returning to communities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Challenge Glass: Half Full or Half Empty? Mayy 17, 2010 by Tom Evslin Excerpt Corrections: Real progress was made here, too. Less people will be in prison AND public safety will be better protected. Diversion will keep some people out of prison altogether and get them the treatment they need. Better reintegration services including transitional housing and job help will make it possible not only to release some people more quickly but to do a better job of keeping all who are released out of trouble and reducing the danger they pose to others (there are very few people we keep in jail forever so we do have to think about reintegrating most offenders at some point). Rare and expensive prison beds will be reserved for those who should not be let out...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).