Why is a second chance everybody’s business?

IN AN AVERAGE YEAR,the Indiana Department of Correction

returns 1,200 inmates to Allen County.

UNFORTUNATELY more than 1 out of 3

end up back in prison inless than a year.

more than 1 out of 3

Indiana’s 2008 recidivism rate was 37.4%Indiana Department of Correction

FROM 1973 TO 2009,AMERICA’S PRISON

POPULATIONGREW

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States

1100

inAmerican adults are behind bars.

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States

136

inAmerican adults

on probation,or on parole.

are incarcerated,

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States

Nationally,state spending oncorrections is an

estimated

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States, 2008

ON AVERAGE, IT COSTS

to keep a person in prisonto keep a person in prison$28,816 per year

$28,816 per year

SOURCE: The Pew Center on the States, 2008

WHAT IFfor less than 3% of that cost

we could bring people out of the darkness?

THE CAREER ACADEMY

OPPORTUNITY STAFFING

JOB SKILLS TRAINING

CAREER DEVELOPMENTVOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

COMPUTER LABnetworkingfinancial literacy

alumni relationsmen’s group

WOMEN’S GROUPrunning club

urban gardenCLOTHING BANK

respect

support

RESUMEStrust

OUR MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of Blue Jacket, Inc. is to provide

the tools and opportunities to adult ex-offendersto be productive members of society.

LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP

or in other ways.

as a scholarship donor,an employer partner,a community partner,

a classroom volunteer,a clothing donor,

A second chance is everybody’s business.