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Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Instant Update January 2009 | |
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| MPRI Parolee Outcomes through November 2007 |
Total MPRI releases: 9,388
Expected number of returns: 1,921
Actual number of returns: 1,428
Improvement: 493
While these results for MPRI parolees are precisely what was hoped for, it is still too early to say that MPRI activities alone caused the changes. For much more information, click here. |
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| Welcome to MPRI eNews for January! |
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This month, we want to point you toward some items of current interest on the MPRI Web site and elsewhere.
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Jeff Padden and Paul Elam
Public Policy Associates, Inc. |
| 2009 Legislators Learn about the MPRI |
On Thursday, January 22, about 70 legislators and their staff met in Lansing for a detailed briefing on the MPRI. Hosted by State Representatives Alma Smith and John Proos, the event also attracted many local MPRI leaders who joined their legislators for lunch. Many legislators who attended expressed support for the MPRI, as did a local prosecutor and sheriff who presented. Regular readers of the MPRI eNews will know that this was the culmination of an education effort that targeted all House candidates this year. To see the agenda, one of the presentations, and some photos, click here. |
| Motor City Blight Busters Connects with the MPRI |
Last year, Motor City Blight Busters demolished 50 deteriorated properties in the City of Detroit. Along the way, they provided valuable work experience to former prisoners. Even better, those offenders learned skills for housing construction and repair. To see a Detroit News article about the program, click here. For a YouTube video, click here. |
| Council of State Governments Releases Corrections Recommendations |
After months of study, the Justice Reinvestment Center of the Council of State Governments has made a series of recommendations designed to reduce Michigan's prison population and to improve public safety. The report, which was released on January 22, includes many recommendations that are related in one way or another to the MPRI. For a copy of the press release and report, click here.
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| 2008 MPRI Progress Reports Going Fast |
The landmark 32-page 2008 MPRI Progress Report has been distributed to thousands across the state. If you have not yet received your copy, you can get one electronically to view or download. Just click here. Limited numbers of hard copies are still available, and you can get one from your MPRI Community Coordinator. To find him or her, click here. |
| The Basics on the MPRI |
If you need to provide information to a friend or colleague about the MPRI, but aren't sure where to find all the basics and lots of other materials, the MichPRI.com Web site has everything you need. For a jumping-in point, click here. |
| MPRI Bibliography Available |
The MPRI is based on the best available research on how to reduce recidivism and improve public safety by increasing the success rate of returning. If you would like to dig deeply into that background, the MPRI Web site has the perfect resource for you. The 12-page MPRI bibliography includes resources from many of the nation's leading criminal justice researchers. To access it, click here. | |
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