2nd Chance Indiana

89% of people re-arrested do not have a job. We spend $1 billion + to incarcerate people in Indiana, but maybe it would be better to spend some of that to keep reentrants employed. (This is a no-brainer.) https://conta.cc/3yLyPU0

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Someone Asked: “What are the two worst problems in the world today?” The Wise Man Answered: “I don’t know and I don’t care.” Crazy as it sounds, the wise man was right. https://conta.cc/46qGHXo

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Poverty and incarceration: A woman in poverty, never even had a parking ticket, is caught shoplifting. 1st offense. But parole fees bankrupt her, she sells her car to pay fines, still couldn't pay rent, & is now homeless. Read More. https://conta.cc/3y5zob8

Incarceration & Poverty The Revolving Door   POST: She'd never even had a parking ticket...     The Link Between Incarceration & Poverty There is a very real revolving door from poverty to incarceration. Incarceration in tu

Most need a little help when they come out of incarceration, but job training, access to support, and a good job changes lives! Although we can't show pics of our job training grads, we can divulge that cupcakes were involved. https://conta.cc/3WnsqGj

211: All the help you need! On 2ndChanceIN.com! REENTRANTS TURN OUT FOR JOBS: 2nd Chance Crew At Job Fair With Reentry Support VIPs For years, reentrants have been unable to find jobs due to concerns by employers of hiring peopl

In just the past 10 years, more than 4,000 Hoosiers have died from opioid use, and 78% of opioid deaths now are due to fentanyl. It only takes a grain that could rest on the tip of a pencil to kill you. Then there are the opioid addicts in prison. What are we doing about them? https://conta.cc/46iMD4F

Opioids & Fentanyl The War Goes On   POST: In a decade, 4,000 Hoosiers have died...     Opioids & Fentanyl In and Out of Prison Just to make a pointed comparison: During the 20 years Hoosiers fought in the Viet Nam Wa

On April 29th, 1990, Robert Shafer shot and killed two men, Jerry Parker and Keith Young. "No excuses," he says. He blames no one but himself. The immature mind strikes again. https://conta.cc/3W0NkuV

The day I was rescued... Immature minds   Jim's Quote of the Month   "Monday, April 30, 1990. This is the day I was rescued. From what? Myself” —Robert Shafer    On April 29th, 1990, Robert Shafer shot and killed two men, J

Submit your Prayer Request for any incarcerated person here, and/or pray (see gray area below Submit Your Prayer Request) for those who are incarcerated or for those who are struggling to reenter their communities. Don't forget to Click to Pray (green button). God will do the rest! https://www.2ndchancein.com/Prayer-Requests

With a regular cocktail of discrimination, isolation, and instability, a reentrant can easily find that relationships can fail, homelessness can result, and finally, they may give in to substance abuse, recidivism, overdose, and more...Read about what can help: https://conta.cc/3xTEwyS

The Trauma of Reentry Making it "Easier"   POST: There is nothing we can do to make reentry easy, but...     The Trauma Of Reentry Being released from prison can be just as stressful as entering prison. Is that a News Fl

Since the 70s the effort of cognitive retraining in prisons has been chugging along. It apparently can make a big difference for some...As Ye think so shall ye be?
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Changing the way people think... Retraining The Criminal Mind?   POST: Hard-core criminals trapped in 'criminal thinking'?     Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life? I recently read a fascinating prisoner blog post. The man has been

Two high school seniors, drinking, driving, having fun, until it wasn't. The accident claimed one life and sent the other to prison for years. It's hard hard enough to find a life after loss and regret, but worse when the cards seem stacked against you. https://conta.cc/4cbwU9Z

Upping the "Acceptance Level" To beat recidivism   Jim's Quote of the Month   "After being released years ago, I was still a prisoner in my own mind without much needed help” —Phillips Hollowell    In his senior year of high scho

The Catch-22 of Parole Violations can trip up even the best reentrants. Consider the plight of Adrian Garey. Just having accepted a job may send him back to incarceration. Read more here: https://conta.cc/4ezI2z2 # Parole

POST: "Seven Deputies, Two Probation Officers and a Raid." The future of Adrian Garey?   POST: "Seven deputies, two probation officers and a raid..."     The Catch-22 of Probation Violation In July reentrant Adrian Garey will be brought to court for a techn

Lots to do to bring peace to our embattled city. And, one of the first things is to take care of those reentering society after incarceration, so they never return to imprisonment again. (Graphic by Fox 59) https://conta.cc/3z4iiKR

5 Troubled Zip Codes Coroner Reports Sad Data WHERE IT HURTS MOST: Marion County's Five Troubled Zip Codes According to the Marion County Coroner’s Office 2023 report, more than 220 people were shot and killed in Marion C

When Arthur Beatty was released after 32 years in Indiana prisons, he had one burning desire: To keep at-risk-kids from making the same mistakes he made. Video attached! https://conta.cc/457bbNA

32 Years in Prison Helping At-Risk Kids? Jim's Quote of the Month "Our youths are out there killing each other… How long, how long are we going to let this go on?” —Arthur Beatty  Arthur Beatty was released after 32 ye

Keep a family member from being reincarcerated through your visits and phone calls! 50 years of empirical evidence proves that family involvement can totally change a life and even shorten prison sentences. Read More: https://conta.cc/4dZOm2u

Employees often need transportation to keep their jobs, and the folks at KeHE Distribution are no different. We need support to help not only reentrant employees, but also to keep things moving in plants all over Indiana. We're about 100,000 people short to fill all the jobs. Together, can do it. https://conta.cc/4dyZtz4

NEW! Videos on Hiring Reentrants! Reentrant Simulation: How does it feel? 4 HOW-TO VIDEOS AVAILABLE: Here, Free, How To Hire & Train Reentrants Volumod and Renewing Management, both Helix companies, have always geared their hiring pol

...at some point, we have to ask ourselves: Is it really beneficial to hold thousands of aging men and women in overcrowded prisons, three and four decades after a crime has been committed, with little or no possibility they will return to crime? https://conta.cc/3wwfIMw

Three Strikes, You're Out Should All Lifers Be Lifers?   POST: Three strikes and you're out...     Should All Lifers Be Lifers? Nationwide, there are 204,000 people serving life sentences with or without the possibility for p

After 13 years in a Texas prison for drugs and guns violations, Keidrain Brewster turned his life around. Within a decade he has has found a new life and built a successful trucking company that hires reentrants. https://conta.cc/3Wgn9Sx

13 Years in Prison Then 10 Years of Success Jim's Quote of the Month “If you have zero money coming in, the probability of you committing a crime is extremely high” —Keidrian Brewster Arrested at age 17, Keidrain Brews

With funding sources waining for van transportation to and from work, some folks coming out of incarceration may lose the jobs they have through 2nd Chance IN employers. How would you get to work without a car? Help needed. https://conta.cc/3Qc5YxC

What if you had no car? Cutting Reentrant Support...   POST: Will the transportation continue?     Will Reentrants Be Losing Jobs They Need To Survive? Have you driven by groups of idle men together on a street corner, or s

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2nd Chance Indiana's "IN Reentry Navigator" will use artificial intelligence to help reentrants. Plus more counties are looking to help employers thru 2CI with applicants and transportation! Check Out April 24th Resource Event at Martin U. and More on Payday Loans! https://conta.cc/4cQHFit

Soon: AI app for Reentrants! Vans for Henricks County? IN REENTRY NAVAGATOR: Artificially Intelligent App To Assist & Support Reentry Meet the Need’s Tonya Nichols met with 2nd chance Indiana's Sherry Jackson and Nancy Cotterill

APRIL IS SECOND CHANCE MONTH! With 1/3 of able men not working or looking for work, many returning from incarceration have had the chance to get those jobs and prove themselves as not only willing, but successful employees. https://conta.cc/3U1Y1NL

Men Who Don't Work Here's The Upside...   POST: A wide door of opportunity...     The Good News About Men Who Don't Work In 1953, 98% of men between 25 and 54 years old had a job or were looking for one, but that numbe

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Easter isn't about colored eggs and bunnies for people in prison. It's about gaining a faith that will take them through hardship into a new life--like Joseph whose faith saved a nation. https://conta.cc/3Tn1i90

Incarcerated Easter It's not the colored eggs. Jim's Quote of the Month "Easter isn't about colored eggs and bunnies for people in prison." —Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship  Genesis 37 begins a pretty detaile

Our friends to the north are thinking up new ways to condemn people to life sentences! The crime? Saying something bad! Frankly some in the U.S. would agree. Read Nancy's post, "Mental Illness Here and Up North."https://conta.cc/3VdJjo6

Life in prison... If you say the wrong thing?   POST: New ways to condemn people for life...     Mental Illness Here & Up North Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. One fawn

Wow! 570% Growth. South Bend is in the house, and IU students survey available reentrant beds for 2CI, Plus: 7 steps to successfully re-home your family reentrant! https://conta.cc/48WyDNZ

Jobs Site Grows 570% Reentrant Bed Survey Underway YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT: 570% Growth in 2nd Chance IN Website Stats In only five months since 2nd Chance Indiana premiered its new jobs website and programs, th

Here are 7 Tips to help your reentrant re-home. See Philippians 3:13! Look forward with a good view of the future, and check out these tried and true steps to comfort and engage with all the issues a reentrant must face. https://conta.cc/3SbzpQI

7 Tips to Help Your Rentrant Re-Home   POST: The greatest gift you can give is love...     Coming Home: 7 Tips to Help Your Reentrant Re-Home No. 1: The greatest gift you can give your family member coming out of i

Folks coming out of long-term incarceration make great employees. They don't just HAVE to work, they WANT to work, to support their families and have a future that is better than their pasts. https://conta.cc/4bUrr7C

The Big Difference "Have-to" and "Want-to" Jim's Quote of the Month "There's a big difference between 'I have to work' and 'I want to work'" —Fredrick Hatton  Fifty-eight year old Frederick Hatton has a lot of experien

Colbert King is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who writes for the Washington Post. He makes a case for family and how the break down of family has led to crime and a poor outlook for our kids. https://conta.cc/3Sl6VUR

Pulitzer Prize Author On Families, Crime & Justice   POST: King, on the the decline of the family and crime     Family, Crime, & Justice Colbert King is a regular columnist for the Washington Post. He is a Pulitzer Priz

See what a successful reentrant looks like in the story of Fredrick Hatton, and find out all the great people who are supporting 2nd Chance Indiana in making reentry just a little easier! https://conta.cc/48m0R45

Story of a Successful Reentrant Phil Moore At MCADC!! Home + Work = Restoration: Rebuilding Lives Through The Foundation Of A Good Job Fredrick Hatton was a “PK” (pastor’s kid). Married to his lovely Sandra, he joined the army, and

He kept telling people he didn't r**e the woman. 38 years later, Malcom Alexander left prison, a free man. DNA finally proved him right. How many more innocents are serving time? https://conta.cc/3HDJUr9

The Innocence Project Maybe they aren't guilty?   POST: What about prisoners who say "I'm not guilty?     "I Didn't Do It!" Some people who are incarcerated continually say they are innocent. “I’m not guilty,” “I didn’t