Thursday, February 14, 2013

Lent Picture Challenge "return"




This is my picture for return, it not exactly my first thought (that being the Return of the Jedi) but I think this picture is a great example the beauty of returning home... but here is a little background on Project Return Inc Founded in 1979, (PRI) is a Nashville-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of Middle Tennessee's prison population. Through employment placement, direct aid and other support services, PRI offers ex-offenders new beginnings. Since its inception, the agency has helped probationers, parolees and their family members to become self-sustaining, law- abiding members of the community. PRI provides training and assistance designed to increase employ- ability, improve life skills, and reduce ever-rising return-to-prison rates. The agency provided 8,739 direct services to 6,027 adult
http://www.projectreturninc.org/faq.html

and here is another news link/article about the cost of our prison system in the United States (sorry from late 2011).
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57418495/the-cost-of-a-nation-of-incarceration/
 — in Nashville, TN.

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