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Expert cites progress in prisons
By Post-Tribune
Published: 07/16/2008

INDIANA - When any of the 64 prisoners released a day leaves prison, he or she is placed in civilian clothes and given his or her personal items, a stipend or any savings they accumulated and up to a 30-day supply of medication should it be required.

If they were leaving prison with a job and continuing health care, substance-abuse treatment or education, there would be far less recidivism than the 25.6 percent return rate Lake County saw last year, according to Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner J. David Donahue. Read more.

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