Editor’s Note: The following series, “Breaking the Chains of Incarceration,” is a week-long series curated by Lila Jordan as part of the Tulane University Digital Civic Engagement class, in partnership with ViaNolaVie.
Louisiana is notorious for not only having the highest rates of incarceration throughout the United States, but also throughout the entire world. Once individuals are released from jail or prison, they are often left without any connections to transitional services which would assist their reintegration into society; this only perpetuates a cycle of mass incarceration. This curation is designed to spotlight five Louisiana organizations that are working to assist recently incarcerated individuals while fighting to change the criminal justice system as a whole. By providing transitional housing services, re-entry programs, and a supportive community led by formerly incarcerated people, The First 72+ fights to eliminate the barrier incarceration acts as to community engagement and acceptance. They provide directly accessible services during the first three days post-incarceration (e.g. clothes, food, healthcare), as well as ongoing transitional resources such as case management and support with small business development.
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