Kansas needs 5,000 volunteer mentors a year for paroled criminals, Gov. Sam Brownback said this week.
He spoke Monday in Wichita at the launch of an effort to merge government resources, social services, churches, businesses and mentors to keep parolees from returning to prison.
He announced the Out4Life faith-based program at the start of three days of workshops in which service providers and others discussed re-entry approaches.
The Kansas Department of Corrections will work with Prison Fellowship, a Christian group that created Out4Life about two years ago.
Brownback said he wants a mentor for each released criminal. Read more...
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