There are a few organizations that see this for what it is and are reaching out with supporting hands and helpful words. They also have Concern on how the FBI cultivated a plot for one year in the most economical depressed areas in the country. These individuals feel that if we start addressing the real issues, like justice and equality for individuals re-entering back into society.
An initiative like Visions Beyond the Walls will help with the safety and successful reconnection's back into communities. This program will help with the capacity to deliver effective services to their reentry population as well as meet standards of performance and accountability.
In New York state 93 percent of incarcerated people are black and Latino. The majority come from New York city. The city's seven most impoverished neighborhoods are Harlem, the South Bronx, the Lower East side Bed ford-Stuyvesant, Jamaica, East New York, Ocean hill and Brownsville. It's extraordinarily difficult for black and Latinos with a prison recorder to establish themselves once they leave prison.
A Princeton University sociology released a study in 2005 that showed how it is easy for a white male with criminal conviction to get a job in New York city than it would be for a black male with a record. Another study states that 46 percent of black males in New York are unemployed.
The crisis of recidivism has become increasingly dire, as men and woman with criminal convictions have few if any prospects for employment, housing, and emotional support when they leave prison. Nationwide approximately 630,000 individuals reenter the community each month and within three years they are incarcerated.
Vision Beyond the Walls wants to be that model that will help with employment as individuals come home. We know the deck of cards are stacked against them. They encounter guilt, lack of education and lack of skills. Despite there efforts to make a better life for themselves.
Vision Beyond the Walls is strongly needed in Newburgh!!!
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I agree with everything yu say, I too am from the bronx and have seen a lot of this going on with friends and relatives... however, at the end of the day, when yu're wrong, yu're wrong. A lot of us can all put blame on others, but we all must remember that we do have consequences for every decision that we make. maybe family could've stepped in more to help, maybe we should get together as minorities and push for better adjusting programs. i, myself have had a close family member in prison for 25 years. came out with nothing. the world had changed to him and as much as we tried, he ended up over-dosing and passed in january. he was out only for 6 months. as a family member, i know him and know he was a great person who made bad choices.
yu do have to admit that not having skills for everyday life may lead yu into stealing a pack of gum from a gas station - no big deal to some, but plotting to destroy and hurt innocent people - it's a little too big to go unnoticed. maybe this is what we need to get some voices heard.
i've always been an advocate, growing up in the city with nothing behind us to encourage us, no programs,nothing, but growing up in today's society, there are so many choices and chances. if yu want it, yu can get it. it's a struggle, but it's possible. being 16 i wouldn't believe that, but we all must work hard just to live. and at the end of the day, there are consequences for our choices that we make. some one can make me angry. i punch that person in the face. now i'm jail for assault. doesn't matter what that person said, i still got physical with them in a violent manner. i got physical, they didn't, i could've walked away at any moment. but i chose not to. now i'm paying for my choice that i made.
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