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CSUSB Inmate Re-Entry Program - A National Model - Helps People On Parole To Function In Society

KVCR | By Elissa Nadworny
Published May 2, 2019 at 10:54 AM PDT
CSUSB

The United States has the largest prison population in the world.  And a big part of that is re-offenders.  One way to get those numbers down is to give people on paroll the tools they need to function in society.  In San Bernardino, there is a promising effort to do just that.  Here's NPR's Elissa Nadworny.
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Elissa Nadworny
Elissa Nadworny reports on all things college for NPR, following big stories like unprecedented enrollment declines, college affordability, the student debt crisis and workforce training. During the 2020-2021 academic year, she traveled to dozens of campuses to document what it was like to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Her work has won several awards including a 2020 Gracie Award for a story about student parents in college, a 2018 James Beard Award for a story about the Chinese-American population in the Mississippi Delta and a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in innovation.
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