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Download full textMegan Schwartz – MDRC, 2025
For decades, most states have made a practice of giving citizens returning from prison or jail a small amount of money, called "gate money," to cover the cost of transportation and other immediate needs. Many legislatures have considered increasing the dollar amount of their cash assistance and offering this kind of support more widely.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Recidivism, Financial Support, Pilot Projects
Bird, Kisha; Dawkins, Caitlin; Johnson, Lisa – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2020
Too many young people cycle in and out of prison, jails, and detention centers and face probation and parole conditions that keep them locked out of opportunity. These interactions with the criminal justice system demand the need for both equitable practices and programs that support second chances and large-scale investments in decarceration.…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Access to Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Recidivism
Bloom, Dan – MDRC, 2006
In May 2006, the National Poverty Center (NPC) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan hosted a meeting--"Research on Prisoner Reentry: What Do We Know and What Do We Want to Know?"--to discuss the state of research on employment-focused prisoner reentry programs. This paper, written as background for…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Public Officials, Federal Government, Recidivism
