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Winter Storm Hits Maryland, Part 3
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Montgomery Co. Halfway House Praised As Model
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A new report says a Montgomery County halfway house could serve as a national model for other prisoner re-entry programs.
A study being released Tuesday by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, says the county's Pre-Release Center forces inmates to find employment on their own. Nearly 90 percent of them end up with jobs.
Inmates use the facility's computers and telephones to find work. In addition, the report says the center uses small incentives such as later curfews and phone privileges to help motivate convicts.
Researcher Anne Piehl says that approach differs from most other re-entry programs that rely on job training, education or counseling. In Montgomery County, she says "it's a little bit of sink or swim."
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