Date: 12-28-2016
Partnership provides returning women with education, housing, job training, drug treatment, and dignity |
The following article was originally posted in The San Francisco Chronicle:
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Shoppers perusing the jewelry at a pop-up store in Newark Liberty International Airport's Terminal B can talk to a sales clerk who also made the baubles, but they might be surprised to learn the employee is wearing a different kind of bracelet — the kind that goes around your ankle and tracks your every move.
The store is part of a program for women recently released from jail or currently in the criminal justice system. They get job skills, some income and, perhaps most important, self-confidence.
It's the product of a union between a reverend, a film producer and a former governor all committed to easing a transition that can be daunting at best. Read more >>>
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