The Human Cost
These are the voices of people who've experienced reentry firsthand.
"$200 and no directions"
"Many people don't know that when you're released from prison, there's no one to help you. They just give you 200 dollars and no directions. No information. No hope."
"400 letters, 4 replies"
"I'm not even sure how many of the 'resources' in the handbook even exist. I wrote over 400 letters and I only got 4 replies. All rejections."
"Worse than prison"
"I was stuck in a small room with 6 other people. It was dirty, it was cramped, it was inhumane. Living at GEO was worse than prison."
"I wanted to give up"
"It was so overwhelming not knowing where to go or who to trust that I just wanted to fall back into my own ways."
"Didn't want to leave"
"I had no idea where to go. I had no idea what to do. I almost didn't want to leave prison."
"They didn't care"
"They blew me off and didn't help me with housing. They treated me rudely and gave me no options."