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Individual & Family Services - , Maryland, United States
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The Case for MEND Employment and Re-entry ServicesIntroductionMass incarceration in the United States grew out of approximately 40 years of zero tolerance policing policies, mandatory minimum sentencing, and habitual offender/ "three strike" statutes. These policies and laws spurred an unprecedented growth in the prison population, particularly amongst Blacks and Latinos. Michelle Alexander notes there are more black men under the control of the corrections system today than were enslaved in 1850. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported 1,571,013 people were incarcerated in federal facilities in the United States at the yearend of 2012.The vast majority of these offenders received sentences that led to their eventual release from prison and return to their communities. As these lengthy sentences are ending, offenders are being released in large numbers. In 2010, approximately 700,000 people were released from state and federal institutions. In addressing the issue of prisoner release, then President George W. Bush (2004) in his State of the Union Address stated, "This year, some 600,000 inmates will be released from prison back into society…if they can't find work, or a home, or help, they are much more likely to commit crime and return to prison."
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