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| New prisoner re-entry center takes aim at criminal recidivism |
| By adn.com - Michelle Thereault Boots |
| Published: 10/21/2013 |
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Each year more than a thousand inmates who have served their sentences are released in Anchorage, often in the parking lot of the city jail. Many go straight to a homeless shelter. Almost half will be jailed for committing a new crime within three years, according to a 2011 Pew Center for the States report. That's the highest rate in the nation. Now Anchorage, where more felons are released than any other place in Alaska, has its first walk-in "re-entry" center, just a few blocks from the jail. The coalition of non-profits behind the center hopes it will keep more people from going back to jail At the Partners Reentry Center, located in a modest, white, one-story building at 419 Barrow Street, newly-released inmates can get help with immediate needs like bus passes and warm clothes, as well as housing, substance abuse counseling and employment. The center celebrates a public opening Thursday but has been serving clients for a few months. "We do the best we can so that people do not end up in homeless shelters or the streets," said Partners Reentry Center program director Randy Wilson. Read More. |
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