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| Mentoring4Success helps prisoners make transitions |
| By topekametronews.com/ |
| Published: 12/10/2012 |
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback met with prisoners and their mentors Nov. 29 at the Lansing Correctional Facility to learn about their experience in the state’s Mentoring4Success program. The mentors/mentees are part of the non-profit Brothers in Blue re-entry program at the state prison. “Our goal is to reduce the rate of inmates returning to prisons. The men and women involved with the Brothers in Blue re-entry program at Lansing are great examples of the tremendous impact a mentor can have on the life of an inmate,” Gov. Brownback said. “They are deeply involved with their mentees who are making great progress as they prepare for their release. We need more like them.” The governor launched the Mentoring4Success program in July 2011. So far the program has recruited more than 1,150 mentors to match with inmates across the state. Inmates become eligible for the program when they have six to 12 remaining months on their prison sentences. Kansas Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts said the agency’s goal is to one day be able to match a mentor with every Kansas prisoner. “Mentors are able to help strengthen an offender’s success once he or she returns to the community,” Roberts said. “Offenders face challenges during, and after, their community transition. A mentor is able to reinforce and support the positive steps an offender has made inside a facility, plus they help an offender interface with community resources and collectively do a better job upon release. Therefore, we want to have a mentor for each offender leaving incarceration.” Read More. |
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