State Searches For Transitional Housing For Released Inmates

As part of the "Challenges for Change" legislation that lawmakers passed this session, the state plans to release more non-violent offenders from prison to save money. But when those inmates leave prison before their maximum sentence is up, they're required to find stable housing. The Department of Corrections says that when it releases an inmate without housing plans in place, that person usually ends up back behind bars.  But for an offender with the support of housing, the success rate is closer to 50 percent.

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