Article: New reentry philosophy guides Rhode Island.(State News)(release of inmates)(Brief Article)

Where once the job of preparing inmates for release was the sole charge of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, now the department is sharing the job with various other state and private agencies that often end up serving the same clientele anyway, reported The Providence Journal.

"Very few states around the country do anything meaningful to prepare offenders for returning home," said Madeline Carter, executive director of The Center for Effective Public Policy, a nonprofit agency based in Maryland, now advising the state DOC. "There hasn't been a strong emphasis on parole. In many places, it has all but evaporated." Rhode Island is an exception, she ...

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