“Newark gets $5 Million for prisoner re-entry program”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/newark_gets_2m_grant_for_priso.html
Prisoner re-entry is a cornerstone of the Booker administration, with “2,300 men and women pouring into the city from prison each year”:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/27excons.html, 65 percent of whom are rearrested within five years. This funding gets momentum behind a program that is desperately needed in Newark, and may turn a difficult challenge into an economic opportunity for Newarkers.
The federal government has awarded the city of Newark a $2 million grant to be used for the city’s prisoner re-entry program.
The award, which will be publicly announced today at a noon news conference in Newark, will be matched by another $3 million donation from philanthropic organizations. The $5 million in extra funding will give the city’s fledgling program a much needed boost.
