Tommy Bennett shares exciting news that he has been able to secure housing for himself.
Content categorized as Re-entry

The Happy Hippie Gets Housing

DC Aims to Improve Anti-Homelessness Efforts for Former Inmates, Patients
Reporting on the District’s efforts to increase services those experiencing reentry.

Breaking the Jail/Homeless Cycle
Reporting on a pilot program designed to help DC’s ex-offenders break the cycle of repeat offenses and incarceration.

Hearing Highlights Problems in D.C. Jails
There’s a severe lack of health care and support services in the D.C. jails, prompting many mentally ill and homeless people to end up behind bars over and over again, advocates told District councilmembers at a rent hearing on health conditions at the city’s jails.

Faces of the Homeless: The Formerly Incarcerated
An article about the struggles of formerly incarcerated people in their attempts to reintegrate into society.