May 4th, 2012
Article by Kris Nickerson
"When a convicted criminal is paroled or released from prison, the most common scenario is that he goes back to his old haunts and resumes his criminal lifestyle," says Randy Suggs, Co-Founder of the Second Chance Center (www.secondchancecenters.com), a facility in Albuquerque, N.M., that rehabilitates inmates in an effort to prevent recidivism. "Unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before he's back in the criminal justice system and part of a prison population that shares knowledge that reinforces criminal behavior," he says.Suggs, a land developer from Scottsdale, Ariz., became philanthropically involved in the Second Chance prisoner rehabilitation program when he saw the
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