Halfway House Helps Inmates Like Blase Prepare for Return to Freedom

Published January 15, 2011

Halfway house helps inmates like Blase prepare for return to freedom
As former Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase is finishing up his time at a halfway house in the Chicago area until his March 2 release date, the goal there is to get inmates back on their feet and reconnected with family and the community, explained Chris Burke, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Being laid off from her job of 18 years in 2007 was not the first of Tomeka Crusoe-Smith’s challenges this past decade.
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The key to breaking bad habits is understanding how they’re formed With the New Year quickly approaching, it’s time to examine all those behaviors, both good and bad habits, that we choose to break or embrace. Perhaps if we better understand the science behind those habits, we have a better chance of changing them. Besides the do-it-yourself option, therapists, counselors, organizations and …
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