作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2023年2月17日

博彩平台已经购买了两所房子，以前被监禁的学生将能够稳定下来，继续攻读学位。

这些家庭隶属于一个名为“反弹计划”（Project Rebound）的组织，该组织是一个全国性的网络，为那些在监狱里呆过一段时间、出狱后想上大学的学生提供支持。 囊状态’s Project Rebound affiliate will oversee the housing program.

Funding to buy the homes, plus furnishings and other needs, came from a $550,000 grant from the Project Rebound Consortium, plus $275,000 each from 囊状态’s auxiliary, University Enterprises 公司。 (UEI), and the office of President Robert S. Nelsen, said UEI Executive Director Jim Reinhart.

Joshua Gunner Johnson, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from 囊状态 with the help of Project Rebound after his release from prison in 2017, will manage the two houses. 每个家庭将容纳四名学生。

Finding secure, stable housing is a challenge for people who have criminal records and a lack of rental history, said Trish Morris, an associate professor of Sociology and executive director of 囊状态’s Project Rebound program. 该项目的参与者必须在当地获得住房，或者在被监禁之前被假释到他们居住的县。 许多人最终流落街头或与朋友或亲戚住在一起。

“Everybody living in these houses will be striving for the same goals. They’ll have a nice place to live that makes them feel good, a refuge, a place where they can study and talk to people who can help them navigate things and get them ready for their next step.” ——崔西·莫里斯，社会学副教授，萨克州立大学反弹项目执行主任

The program’s homes will give formerly imprisoned students a landing spot where they can begin to build a new life, Morris said. The homes are near campus, but Project Rebound leaders are reluctant to publicly disclose their exact locations  until neighbors are notified and residents are settled, she said.

“Everybody living in these houses will be striving for the same goals,” she said. “They’ll have a nice place to live that makes them feel good, a refuge, a place where they can study and talk to people who can help them navigate things and get them ready for their next step.”

Some of the incoming residents spent decades in prison, and have “no work experience, no credit, no way to take care of their basic needs,” said Aaron Greene, 囊状态 director of Project Rebound. “They need to be able to achieve stability so that they can function well when they are able to move out.”

研究表明，监狱教育有助于减少犯罪，有助于建立更安全的社区。

Sac州立大学长期以来一直与加州矫正和康复部合作，通过其转化成果项目向囚犯提供教育。 被关押在福尔松和穆尔克里克州立监狱的人可以申请这个项目，在这个项目中，萨克州立大学的教师在监狱里虚拟和亲自授课，帮助囚犯获得学位。

“反弹项目”于2015年进入Sac州立大学，每年为50至60名学生提供服务。 该项目帮助参与者获得成绩单、获得校园服务、申请助学金和奖学金等服务。

格林说，这些新房代表了该计划的重要新篇章。

“We’re extremely excited about this,” he said.

格林说，学生住户将可以使用电脑和自行车，可以参加小组讨论和研讨会，并将庆祝生日、假期和其他重要事件。 这些家庭将有严格的政策，禁止毒品、酒精和吸烟。

“We also want to make sure that the neighborhood looks good and is kept clean, and offer help to people who might need it,” Greene said. “We want to be good neighbors.”

“反弹项目”的居民预计将于下个月入住。