20: Richi Yowell, Gemeinschaft Home (Reducing Recidivism)

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Richi Yowell is the program director of Gemeinschaft Home, a "house of wholeness" that serves nonviolent felons that are transitioning back into society after serving a sentence jail. Richi focuses on the therapeutic, coaching, and other programs available to participants in the 90-day experience. Richi is also an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren.

Richi mentioned in 1997 there were only 250,000 incarcerated in the United State - and now we have upwards or $2.5 Million. To reduce recidivism, Richi states we need a combination of community, systems and structures, support to get a job and housing, and also take a fresh look at the drug policies that contributed to such a high spike in incarceration rates.

There are three legs to the program: employment, group sessions, and residence life.

Help Out at Gemeinschaft!

Give a donation, or volunteer as a mentor, or hire a participant.

Resources from Richi's Episode:

Gemeinschaft Home' 30 Year Anniversary Publication (PDF download)

Harrisonburg Rockingham Page Reentry Council, and collaborating organizations

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War On Drugs, by Johann Hari

Harrisonburg Summit on Reducing Recidivism Sept 5, 2015

Go to the Harrisonburg Summit on Reducing Recidivism: Details and Registration

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