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| Outreach aids former inmates struggling to find housing, jobs |
| By articles.baltimoresun.com - Alison Matas |
| Published: 04/03/2013 |
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Community supervision agents raise money to help former inmates Joy Willams (left), Brent Marable and Akua Zenzele, all community supervision agents, help fill bags with toiletries and other needed items for former inmates. They raised about $550 to buy toiletries for former inmates that are now homeless. Akua Zenzele, a community supervision agent in Southeast Baltimore who works with parolees, knows the first few days after being released from incarceration are crucial for former inmates. Many are paroled with few resources and nowhere to go. Some end up homeless, and without a way to meet basic needs; others wind up back in jail after committing new crimes just to get by. Zenzele, whose job is to monitor those on parole and probation, has seen the cycle play out before. Read More. |
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