In May 2023, the Adams administration announced that it would save $17 million by not renewing five contracts with nonprofits that provided programs to help people behind bars stay off drugs, find housing, and learn job skills.  Correction officers and some additional civilian staffers would seamlessly take over various classes, Francis Torres, who served as […]

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