"Based on the success of Drew House, the Brooklyn DA is now launching Justice Home, which will give convicted female felons the right to serve their sentence in their own residence while retaining custody of their children.
"The new program has funding for 45 women; participants must be facing a minimum sentence of six months in prison. Similar to Drew House, they will receive intensive treatment and supervision....
"It's also cost effective. According to Housing Plus Solutions, $34,000 is spent annually to house a mother and two children at Drew House; the Justice Home program will cost even less, $10,000 annually, compared with $129,000 for incarceration and foster care....
"These programs really are about the children, and it's about interrupting this generational cycle, that's really the key thing here...."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57583983/mothers-to-do-jail-time-at-home-under-new-program/
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