PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Thinking Outside the Bars

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Indiana, Illinois Pursue Alternatives to Incarceration

In just a month, Indiana will be closing one of its minimum security prisons, Henryville Correctional Facility–a move which will hopefully assist the state’s new emphasis on corrections reform.

In 2014, the Indiana House of Representatives passed legislation that reroutes prisoners from state facilities into local jails.

By Zoe Erler
June 3, 2016
Chicago | Henryville Correctional Facility | Restorative Justice Community Court | sentencing | Thinking Outside the Bars

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