️ A first-of-its-kind re-entry program is helping inmates prepare for life beyond jail in Salem County.
The 36-week program focuses on anger management, accountability and better decision-making.
18 inmates graduated from the program’s inaugural class in July, with hopes of expanding it to other New Jersey jails.
WOODSTOWN — A re-entry program is the first of its kind at a New Jersey county jail.
Named after a book in the Bible, the Exodus Program at the Salem County Correctional Facility is a residential treatment within the county jail facility, said Warden John Cuzzupe.
The Book of Exodus talks about how the Israelites were freed from Egypt under God’s direction. “We tried to input that same mindset in inmates who made bad past decisions,” Cuzzupe said…