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THE
GREENVILLE DAILY ADVOCATE
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Reggie... a Koinonia success story
Ex-felon returns to society following eight years in prison ...
Citizen Circle changes the lives
of ex-felons
One question I recently asked Dr. Reginald Wilkinson, the
director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, was why
would a person coming out of prison want to be part of a community
mentoring group like Citizen Circle?This is an ODRC program that
connects volunteers with parolees once a month to help them fit back into
the community. ...
Citizen Circle helps ex-cons
reintegrate
TIPP CITY — It's a common scenario. Convicted felons are
released from correctional institutions — having served an average 2.74
years — and return to their home communities to find very little
support.Getting a job can be next to impossible and finding a place to
live can be just as difficult, say people involved in state and Miami
County corrections. After trying for awhile to resume lives in their
communities, many give up and return to their offending behavior. ...
Greenville minister seeks help from community for ex-cons
TROY — There are 132 people paroled from criminal institutions living in
Miami County and without community support, a majority of them are headed
back to prison, a Darke County minister told Miami County Commissioners
Tuesday. "Statistically," the Rev. John Graham said, "that is what
happens." ...
NEIGHBORS FIGHT KOINONIA HOUSE
By Michael Buckmaster ...
THE
DAYTON DAILY NEWS
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PRISON REFORM NOT A WELCOME NEIGHBOR
GREENVILLE - John D. Graham saw
potential in the 1879 two-story brick house he bought for $50,000.
Some of his neighbors, however, see that potential as a threat. Graham
sees the home as a means to an idealistic end, a Koinonia House
(cone-a-'NIA) - meaning "fellowship" in Greek - in which the potential of
released prison inmates may be realized by enveloping them in a
structured, family-like environment. ...
MENTORS NEEDED FOR JUST FREED PRISONERS
GREENVILLE -
John Graham knows most people aren't interested in opening their homes to
a man or woman just released from prison, but he is hoping there are a few
around who'll open their minds — and hearts — to help someone readjust to
life on the outside. Graham, a minister and director of Greenville's
Koinonia House program for men released from prison, is hoping to help the
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction establish community
readjustment programs in Miami and Darke counties. ...
AP
NEWS WIRE
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PERSPECTIVE: MENTOR
GROUPS FOR INMATES OFFER PROMISE
GREENVILLE, Ohio
- The state is hoping that volunteer
programs to mentor newly released inmates will help ease prison crowding
and save taxpayer money. While programs in other states have had
success, some experts caution that more than just mentoring is needed to
ensure that ex-inmates don't return to prison. Corey Weinstein,
co-founder of California Prison Focus, which advocates for the human
rights of inmates, said programs that offer job training and housing
placement are more effective than programs that offer only mentoring and
moral support. "These people need more than the rah-rah," Weinstein
said.
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