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Justice Matters Podcast: Second Chance Month Transcript

This is a transcript from the DOJ OJP's Justice Matters podcast from Second Chance Month, April 2022. The BJA Director of Criminal Justice Innovation, Development, and Engagement meets with Chris Poulos—lawyer, professor, former White House intern, Director of Person-Centered Services for the Washington State DOC, and formerly incarcerated person/person with lived experience. The two discuss Chris's position within the WA DOC, challenges he's come across in Washington reentry and challenges in reentry in general, successes in Washington reentry and how to measure progress, and how his lived experience impacts his work. As it relates to HEP, they discuss different initiatives/programs that Washington has implemented within its facilities around job and trade skills.

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Academic and Workforce Development Programs at the Montana Women's Prison, Billings, Montana

This is a BJA solicitation award announcement for Academic and Workforce Development Programs at the Montana Women's Prison, Billings, Montana. Montana State University Billings (MSUB) will expand both academic and short-term vocational workforce training programs for women incarcerated at the Montana Women's Prison (MWP) and upon their transfer to the pre-release correctional facility (Passages) located in Billings. MSUB programs are intended to provide a pathway to self-sufficiency for women offenders and thereby decrease the likelihood they will return to prison and/or commit new crimes.