Restoring Our Original True Selves (ROOTS), run by the nonprofit Asian Prisoner Support Committee, is an Asian-American studies program. From 1990 to 2000, as incarceration boomed nationwide, the AAPI prisoner population increased 250 percent in the U.S. The ROOTS program helped a lot about that,” said Lam, who currently works as a re-entry coordinator for APSC. It bridges gaps.” For the prisoners who are released, the ROOTS program extends beyond its educational component. And when they’re healing, that’s how you can reduce [the chance of reoffending].”Courtesy of Ke Lam ROOTS graduate Ke Lam.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2018 15:00 UTC