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Central Minnesota Re-entry Project

Anyone who works with prisoners for any length of time starts to notice a depressing fact.  Most ex-prisoners come back to jail or prison after they are released.  The reasons are many and varied, but we do know that ex-prisoners are extremely vulnerable when they are released from jail or prison and a little help at this point in their lives can go a long way toward determining the future course of their lives.

The Costs associated with not acting on this problem are horrendous. With the money we spend to lock someone up for a year, we could buy them a year's tuition at Harvard. The ex-prisoners who re-offend, often turn to drugs and then turn others on to drugs.  Our local employers are having difficulty finding qualified applicants who can pass a drug screening

 

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons - Central MN Re-Entry Administrator

funding our operations, we need mentors who can help talk to prisoners about their choices, we need landlords who are willing to rent to ex-prisoners and we need employers who are willing to hire ex-prisoners.
 

. Our jails are overflowing and the problem keeps getting worse.

The Central MN Re-entry Project (CMNRP) is working to help fight crime by helping ex-prisoners stay straight.  We are looking for people who are willing to help with this process.  We need help with

 

 


If you feel that you would be willing to consider helping out in any of those areas, please contact us at one of the links on the left. If you would like more information on prisoner reentry issues, please click on the resources link.

 

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