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Federal funding sought to combat recidivism
The local Office of Addictive Disorders has agreed to write a grant in hopes of securing some $150,000 from Second Chance Act.
Second Chance Act is "federal legislation designed to improve outcomes for people returning to the community from prisons and jails," according to the Justice Center of the Council of State Governments. It was signed into law last year by President Bush.
If the grant is obtained, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office and the Ouachita Police Jury would use to help reduce the recidivism rate at Ouachita Correctional Center.
The police jury last week adopted a resolution supporting local efforts to secure Second Chance Act funding from the federal government.
According to Marky Tucker, grant writer for the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office, local law enforcement officials want to create a re-entry task force to examine all aspects of assisting offenders once they leave jail. She said the goal is to provide each individual offender with a mechanism for career placement and provide them with life skills to hopefully keep them from returning to crime.
If the parish is approved, the funding would be for five years.
It would provide for several programs all directed at reducing the recidivism rate and providing educational opportunities and counseling and mentoring for people leaving penal institutions.
Several police jurors have previously said the recidivism rate among parish prisoners must be addressed because it is contributing to the overcrowding problem at the jail. Many inmates at OCC are there for their third or fourth time.
The recidivism rate at OCC is around 80 to 90 percent, Tucker said. Most inmates there are at the ninth grade level or lower, she said.
Some local church groups already have formed a coalition to help inmates return to society once they are released from prison. |
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