To educate and create public awareness about recidivism so that programs for previously incarcerated persons who return home can succeed. We believe an informed public will encourage legislators to balance public safety with smart fiscal responsibility. To report on sentencing, parole, probation and prison reforms and how they affect recidivism. To update information regarding legislative efforts towards those reforms and effects. To report on success of programs both pre-release and post- incarceration that correlate highly to reduction of recidivism. To report on effects of prison conditions as they relate to those efforts. To report successful re-entry programs. Fiscal issues that prohibit success. Community support. Public Safety. Myths. Collateral damage to families. Employment.