Posted on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 : 11:22 a.m.
University of Michigan center hosts panel on prisoner program
By AnnArbor.com Staff
A University of Michigan policy center is hosting a panel discussion about a state prisoner re-entry program.
The Policy and Politics of the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative is today.
Panelists include Michigan Department of Corrections Director Patricia Caruso and state Reps. John Proos and Alma Wheeler Smith.
The program is designed to reduce returns to prison and better prepare prisoners for parole. Both reduce prison populations.
The panel will examine the politics of the initiative within the state legislature and the effect of criticism on its future. It's convened by the university's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy.
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Mick52
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 : 5:17 p.m.
Rehabilitation works for those who want to be rehabilitated. If this is an effort to justify letting felons out of prison, do not be surprised if it does not work. Golly there's so many good jobs here in Michigan, why would a parolee return to their former ways if they are profitable? Perhaps bad timing for an effort like this.
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Mon, Mar 29, 2010 : 11:04 a.m.
go alma, this could be a sink or swim for your governor run.