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Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Work and Community Support

By Anne W. Howard

Call to Action: How Programs in Three Cities Responded to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis, by Paul VanDeCarr, details successful efforts in Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, and Washington to help recently released prisoners return to society. In the Jacksonville program, ex-prisoners helped build low-cost housing, gaining work experience and marketable...

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