Wilder Youth Development & Wayne Halfway House will also partner with Persevere on the program By Kathryn Rickmeyer From TennBEAT For many troubled teens, a sentence to juvie feels like a sentence to fail. Statistically speaking — it is. 80-percent of juvenile offenders end up back behind bars within three years, less than 2-percent ever enroll […]
From: Bay Nature Environmental Justice BY Lia Keener “Nobody’s got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, reentry, healing, and good pay,” says operations director Lynn Vidal. The nonprofit, founded in 2009, has employed more than 40 people transitioning from prison so far, many at the nursery. So far, the organization has seen a 2
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The Democratic governor wants to remake San Quentin, where the state performed executions, into a model for preparing people for life on the outside — a shift from the state’s decades-long focus on punishment. And he wants it all complete by December 2025, just before he leaves office. Read the article here.
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Dig Deep Farms, a nonprofit run through Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, tackles food insecurity, grows local produce and provides on-the-job training for parolees. BY: By DYLAN BOUSCHER | Bay Area News Group Read the article.
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By Kathryn Rickmeyer From TennBEAT Inmate participants will earn a full-stack developer certification at the end of the 12-month program Nearly half of all people released from prison in Tennessee are back behind bars within three years. But training programs like Persevere help break that cycle and prepare people for successful lives outside of prison… Read
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This article originally appeared in the Napa Valley Register Napa County probation program graduates get a fresh start Jul 21, 2022 Updated Aug 26, 2022 Barry Eberling Here’s a graduation ceremony with a twist, one that for 11 people honored not only their achievements, but also raised hope for a radical change in how they lead their
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From Persevere It’s unseasonably cold in Memphis when Drew Crowe pulls into the sparsely populated parking lot in front of the towering Methodist church. Large, imposing, and sporting multiple tattoos, at first glance you’d probably expect to find Drew in a biker bar before seeing him volunteering at a church. If you’re lucky enough to
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