Josh Kraft unveils prison reentry plan in bid for Boston mayor
As one of Boston's largest employers, Kraft said Thursday, city government has a central role to play in hiring formerly incarcerated people. He proposed forming a commission to identify 'what areas of city government could benefit from hiring formerly incarcerated people who demonstrably turn their lives around.'
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'For me, this is an issue about more than compassion for people who are reentering our city. It's also about doing what's smart, doing everything we can to give this community the best chance of finding stable employment and careers,' Kraft said. 'Becoming advocates for deterrence is also the best thing we can do for our neighborhoods, our families, and our kids.'
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Kraft said he would reinstitute the 'Operation Exit' program, calling it a 'mistake' that it was discontinued. He would also establish a 'Boston Reentry Network' of academic institutions, government officials, and nonprofits to address challenges faced by returning citizens. He said he would lean on partnerships with local organizations such as Justice 4 Housing, Petey Greene, and the Tufts University Prison Initiative, as well as Roxbury and Bunker Hill Community Colleges, to provide new opportunities for people who have finished stints in prison.
Specifically, Kraft said, he would partner with local, state, and federal officials to create a 90-day plan for everyone approaching release from incarceration. That would include professional development seminars, financial literacy training, physical and mental health resources, and counseling to help reconnect with family and friends.
At an unrelated event Thursday, Wu defended her administration's record on supporting people returning from incarceration, and called the attacks from her opponent 'irresponsible Kraft macaroni bologna.'
She noted that since taking office, she has more than tripled the budget for the city's
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Supporters at Kraft's event said they appreciated the candidate's commitment to the issue.
One of those supporters was Stephen Pina, who stood beside Kraft on Thursday, a little over three years after
Pina, 57, said that he regularly attends resource fairs for formerly incarcerated people held by Wu's
Kraft has been a great source of personal support, Pina said, even attending some of Pina's court dates.
'He's showing up as Josh Kraft, my friend in support of me,' Pina said.
Many in Boston were not so sympathetic, he added.
'Coming home, the difficulty was one, getting ID, finding housing, finding jobs,' Pina said. 'People look at us like we're the worst. We're not the worst thing we've done.'
Romilda Pereira, another Kraft supporter, said she relied on Walsh-era programs for returning citizens to rebuild her life after incarceration — but believes those opportunities are lacking now under Wu.
'We don't have enough resources for folks,' said Pereira, 43, who is now program director at the nonprofit Project Turnaround, which connects formerly incarcerated people to social services.
Pereira credited Kraft and
other private donors
for supporting nonprofits that help house formerly incarcerated individuals. She pointed out friends around the room who 'have keys to their own apartment' because of those organizations.
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'When the funding is low because the city or the state isn't supporting something like this, they do,' Pereira said.
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