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| For people getting out of prison, housing is biggest challenge |
| By helenair.com- Holly Michels |
| Published: 04/22/2016 |
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Darren Ashby is a 50-year-old husband and father of two who is working to get his license as an addiction counselor. He'll soon have a master’s in social work from the University of Montana. His late-blooming interest in education is encouraging, but wouldn't be terribly uncommon -- except that he's doing it all after years of battling addiction and serving time in the Montana State Prison. Ashby spoke Thursday about the struggles people like him face when being paroled or released from prison. To get out on parole, offenders need to have a job and housing. That's hard to do while incarcerated and you can't show up for a job interview. It's difficult to put down a deposit on an apartment before establishing an income. Read More. |
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