Archive for April 2020
Coffee and Conversation: Grant Callen with Keeba Smith
Released after a decade, and time is quickly running out for Lori Griffin
“It goes against the very essence of what you want to reform. There’s no way that someone leaving prison can get a job and improve their lives if they can’t get an ID.” The clock is ticking – 60 days. With each tick, Lori Griffin is closer to the deadline for finding work she…
Read MoreNew virtual check-in policy improves work prospects
In 2018, the Mississippi legislature passed HB 387, a bill aimed at improving employment prospects for Mississippians leaving the state’s prison system. One provision of the bill stated that the Mississippi Department of Corrections could use video calls to check in with individuals on probation or parole supervision. Now that MDOC is grappling with how…
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