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Re-entry After Jail: A Community Conversation in Staunton

WMRA | By Bob Leweke

Published June 26, 2015 at 5:16 AM EDT

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Around 60 citizens, community leaders, and relatives of the incarcerated gathered in Staunton for "Roadmap to Re-entry"

Courtesy of Dave Fritz, executive editor of the News Leader

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On the dais are (l to r) returning citizen Kelly Chaplin, and Nancy Insco and T-Ann Johnson, partners in the On the Wings of Angels re-entry program they developed and deliver in Middle River and Rockingham Regional Jails.

Courtesy of Dave Fritz, executive editor of the News Leader

On Wednesday evening, June 24, the News Leader in Staunton fostered a community conversation at Staunton’s city hall. The gathering was called “Roadmap to Re-entry,” and was a follow-up to the paper’s reporting in March on the struggles that many incarcerated women face when they’re released from prison. Bob Leweke spoke with the News Leader’s Patricia Borns, and with Nancy Insco, CEO of the Institute for Reform and Solutions in Staunton, an agency that works with these women. I asked Insco about her takeaway from this first session.

Read the News Leader's report from March here.

Read about the News Leader's "Roadmap to Re-entry" community conversation here.