"Districts that think they’re getting money, they’re not going to get as much money as they think" once school aid is redistributed, says one Democrat.
Saying the goal of prison should be rehabilitation, not punishment, state lawmakers advanced a bill making state prison inmates eligible for TAG grants.
The New Jersey Reentry Corporation is working to bring former offenders released from incarceration back into society. The agency is a nonprofit agency serving court-involved individuals. They opened their 9th New Jersey office in New Brunswick on Tuesday.
A recent report has made a series of four recommendations for ways the state can reduce its rate of recidivism, or a convicted criminal committing another offense after being released from prison, while also cutting costs for corrections.