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The MPRI is a statewide collaborative effort administered through a public and private partnership, including the Department of Corrections, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Department of Community Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Education, Public Policy Associates, and the Michigan Council on Crime & Delinquency.MPRI News
by Charles Slat , published at MonroeNews.com
When Carleton Smith got out of state prison after serving four years on drug-related charges, he says he didn’t know where to turn.
Jim Gibbons
President and CEO of Goodwill Industries International
In 2008, The Pew Center on the States found that more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were incarcerated.
by Pamela Young
YPSILANTI — It’s hard enough to serve a prison term, but when it’s time to be released, the challenges can be daunting.
Barbara Wieland • bwieland@lsj.com
Program held at LCC warns of consequences
of crime, poor choices
By Chris Killian | Special to the Kalamazoo...
For years, Brian Young had a steady job selling windows, siding and other home-improvement items.
Mike DeBoer • Reader Submitted
Four community organizations have joined forces to
turn a vacant parking lot into a community garden
in downtown Battle Creek.
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
The Michigan prisoner re-entry initiative (MPRI) has
decreased the rate of parolees going back to prison
from 55% to 38%.
By Jef Rietsma | Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette
CENTREVILLE — Having a strong support system, landing the opportunity to secure a job and being accepted by society are critical factors in whether ex-convicts are able to refrain from falling back into their old ways, a group of county and state officials noted Tuesday night.
By Teresa Taylor Williams | Muskegon Chronicles
Sandra Rexford has been stolen from, lied to, and scammed by loved ones from her own home.
Some may say she asked for it.
By Teresa Taylor Williams | Muskegon Chronicle
Lost. Broken. Alone.
Those words often describe parolees who leave prison only to commit a fresh crime shortly thereafter. But a statewide program implemented locally two years ago aims to stop that pattern.
Kevin Grasha | LSJ.com
They're being helped transition back into society
Elisabeth Waldon
Staff Writer | The Daily News
SIDNEY - Employment and transportation are two of the many barriers for newly released prisoners re-entering society.
EDITORIAL | FREEP.com
Michigan Corrections Director Patricia Caruso has taken a lot of criticism, especially from prosecutors, about higher parole rates and other efforts to reduce Michigan's bloated prison system.
By ajohnson
As law enforcement leaders in the Kalamazoo area, protecting the public is always our top priority.
By Maryanne Kocis MacLeod, Macomb Daily Staff Writer
When Michael Vitale was released from prison in August 2008, he had no home, no money, no transportation, no job and no friends.
By ANN ZANIEWSKI and STEPHEN FRYE Of The Oakland Press
Tennessee native Robert Webster, 52, served about 16 years in prison on a cocaine delivery charge.
Trace Christenson The Enquirer
Jason Vasquez has painted gang signs in Battle Creek for years, but Saturday he was painting over them.
"Getting the gang graffiti off makes things look better," he said. "Covering it is the best thing to do."
By GLENN GILBERT Of The Oakland Press
While it may be fashionable to criticize government — and we have had a field day of it in Michigan — the state’s prisoner re-entry program is a signal achievement of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s administration.
With her hair pulled back in a ponytail and a "Don't Mess with the Mitten" T-shirt on, Annie Lee entered a room of parolees with an armful of pizza and bread sticks.
Posted by Susan Oppat | The Ann Arbor News
The Washtenaw County MPRI Community Coordinator learned recently that the State budget would invest a chunk of the prison savings in community-based education, housing, substance abuse and mental health programs to reduce repeat offenses through supervised reintegration.
On Thursday, January 22, about 70 legislators and their staff met in Lansing for a detailed briefing on the MPRI.
Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News
Housing woes led to windfall for nonprofit
T.J. Hamilton | Religion News Service
Posted by Danielle Quisenberry | Jackson Citizen Patriot
Mere weeks after he was released from prison, James Mitchell broke into a Summit Township home to steal copper piping.
Posted by knagenga
Hamilton Inmates and church visitors gather for communion during a worship service at Ionia Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility.
Tanveer Ali / The Detroit News
Both programs backed by two philanthropists involved with investor in $50B fraud scandal.
Alison Himelhoch - WLNS News
Local citizens voice their concerns with the prisoner
re-entry program.
The Ann Arbor News
When Leo Oaklander was released from prison last December, he thought he might have a difficult time adjusting back into society.
In cooperation with the Michigan Department of Corrections, the Michigan Works! Association, and the Reentry Law Project, Public Policy Associates, Inc. and the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency have developed a workforce development action brief for returning prisoners Michigan.
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