The New York Times recently published a powerful three-part exposé on halfway houses in New Jersey. Many of these institutions, celebrated as alternatives to incarceration, are following improper practices by housing violent and non-violent offenders together—often with tragic consequences.
We must remember that treatment facilities—whether halfway houses or programs like ours at Phoenix House—require significant resources. Without the proper infrastructure, they are ineffective; in fact, the environment they provide may be no more therapeutic than jail.
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