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| Re-Entry Program Helps Inmates |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/30/2005 |
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To help exiting inmates, a new program called the Central Minnesota Re-Entry Project formed in September. In early December, it received a $5,000 grant from the Initiative Foundation and a $2,500 matching grant. The project helps prisoners and inmates make the transition from incarceration to life in society. Some inmates wish the program would have been around while he was making the transition out of prison life. But now they have found a new way to participate -- as a mentor to other former inmates. The project is modeled on the AMICUS program, a nonprofit organization that has been helping former inmates in the Twin Cities for 38 years. Joe Gibbons is the executive director of the local project. He said one of the project's biggest goals is to provide mentors to former inmates. Mentors listen to their worries and help them find jobs and housing. Mentors receive intense training. Both potential mentors and potential participants go through in-depth interviews to make sure they are compatible. |
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