A Better Life -- A Safer Community: Helping Inmates Access Federal Benefits

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A Better Life -- A Safer Community: Helping Inmates Access Federal Benefits

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Author(s)

• Koyanagi, Chris

Source(s)

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Washington, DC)

Sponsor(s)

• Open Society Institute -- New York. After Prison Initiative (New York, NY)
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL)

Details

Published 2003. 20 pages.

Related Topics

• Community resources (Reentry)
• Juveniles (Offender Management)
• Juveniles (Special Offenders)
• Mentally ill (Special Offenders)

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