In Phoenix, The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and the Arouet Foundation have established a partnership to expand paid transitional employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated women. This initiative seeks to bolster long-term economic mobility and strengthen reentry support systems, leveraging federally funded workforce development programs as part of CEO’s national “Opportunity 2030” initiative.
The Prison Policy Initiative has supported a guaranteed income program for formerly incarcerated people in Alachua County, Florida, which has been shown to reduce recidivism rates and provide financial stability to participants.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has opened a new Media Center at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, providing incarcerated individuals with multimedia training opportunities to prepare for successful reentry into society.
Broadway, Bars, and Fortune is a 40-minute documentary that explores how theater and the arts can be used to help formerly incarcerated individuals heal and reintegrate into society, featuring the stories of four individuals and interviews with Broadway figures.
The American prison system is a carceral continuum that perpetuates cycles of harm, and reform is not the solution, but rather a reimagining of the society that produced prisons in the first place.
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