# West Side Jobs Program Keeps Ex-Offenders Out Of Prison, UIC Report Finds

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/30/west-side-jobs-program-keeps-ex-offenders-out-of-prison-uic-report-finds/

NORTH LAWNDALE — The state has spent more than $1 billion over the last two decades locking up thousands of North Lawndale residents who had already been incarcerated before. But a program to help the formerly incarcerated in North Lawndale find jobs and stay out of the criminal justice system is showing sustained success countering that trend, highlighting a method governments and policy makers can use to disrupt what’s known as “prison cycling,” according to a new University of Illinois Chicago report. The Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago prepared the repo

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