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One of the most common requests Jaycees in prisons make is to have better, more frequent assistance to local chapters. The number of offenders who return fromjail after being released is extremely high. Once prisoner is released, that support. Local achapters can providehe needs more support than ever. Prisonlikely to remain have a positive Jayceeare released.are more members who in Jaycees after they experience You can help save tax dollars. It is expensIve to keep people dollar. in prison and nearly every prison receives part of your tax
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6. 7. Prison Jayceesof restrictions on travel. local chapters do not visit because often become isolated if That isolation often creates problems. Rehabilitation is difficult in most prisons. Support from the free world often gives hope to incarcerated Jaycees; that hope can promote rehabilitation.
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Jaycee chapters which are located in prisons across the nation. This commitment began over sixteen years ago when the first prison Jaycee chapter was chartered in West Virginia. If success is measured in numbers, then the concept is a winner by any standard. There are over 500 Prison Jaycee Chapters which have a total membership in excess of 24,000. and today Over the Jaycees a unique opporturuty. The program offers all years the program has expanded, matured has been referred to as the Criminal JustIce program at tImes and still is in many states. The U.S. Jaycee program IScurrently called Institutional Chapters. The objective of The U.S. Jaycees is to provide service and assistance to prison Jaycees (including specialized manuals). Of course, the ultimate mission is to Jaycees after their release preventingkeep mmates involved in further conflicts with authorities.
Resources Available
Nearly every state organization has a State Program Manager assigned to prison chapters. The Community Development Vice-President of each state is most often the state officer who is assigned prison chapters. Your State Office usually has the most current mformation available concerning has aprison Jaycees of your assigned The U.S. Jaycees the full-time Staff Officer state. to service prison chapters, their members and free world chapters who wish to get involved. He is also in charge of developing and maintaining new andwish to contact any of the resources listed You may existing program materials. above for assistance in starting a new chapter or visiting an existing chapter. Additionally, The U.S. Jaycees offers a number of manuals designed specifically for use in the area of Institutional Cl?-apters.They are listed below with their RSVP numbers and pnces.
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New members usually fInd that visits to prisons are fun and exciting. Visits quite often drastically change preconceived images people have about prisons. More experienced Jaycees quite often enjoy and appreciate chapters. Inmates are usually eager students training prison any assistance given. PrIson chapters often provide free chapters with highly beneficial competition in to Sunday from membership recruitment and retention anything afternoon softball
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