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Center aimed at cutting recidivism set to open in Harrisburg
By pennlive.com - Jeff Frantz
Published: 02/04/2014

Harrisburg will be the home to one of Pennsylvania's nine centers opening this month focused on helping convicts re-enter society and the workforce.

The Department of Corrections has awarded GEO Reentry a contract to run the centers designed to address a person's risk of re-offending, with the goal of reducing recidivism.

This is not a half-way house. People will report in each day. That's new for programs overseen by the Department of Corrections, according to spokeswoman Susan Bensinger.

An average offender will spend 180-days in the program, plus aftercare.

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