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.
These days, if Gov. Chris Christie has a public event, odds are it's about spotlighting addiction-recovery services. Wednesday's was a Statehouse candlelight vigil.