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Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/90-percent-of-offenders-employed-upon-release-dc-public-safety/
The show interviews Stefan LoBuglio, Chief of the Prerelease and Reentry Services Division for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections in Maryland and Anne Morrison Piehl, a Professor at Rutgers University who, in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, published “Preparing Prisoners for Employment-the Power of Small Rewards.” The research indicates that 90 percent of offenders leaving the Montgomery County system were employed upon release.
The research is available at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/. The website for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections is www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cor.
The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.
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