/ Source: WVTM-TV
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Inmates leaving Alabama prisons now have
access to a re-entry program previously reserved for those with
HIV/AIDS.
In the past, prisoners at the end of their sentences were sent
back into the free world with minimal assistance, not the in-depth
services the inmates with HIV and AIDS had received.
The expanded Alabama Prison Initiative allows all inmates to be
in enrolled in classes up to three months before they leave, learn
how to establish their lives outside of prison and get practical
tips that will hopefully help keep them from returning.
The program helps inmates obtain important personal documents
and assists them in finding jobs and housing before they’re
released.
