Monthly Archives: October 2014

My Brother Was Robbed and I Started Questioning Everything

  By Lashonia Etheridge-Bey | October 19, 2014 - 4:44 pm |
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When I was preparing to be released from incarceration I decided to relocate. Rather than return to the District of Columbia where I was born and raised, I made plans to go to Richmond, Virginia to live with my daughter. There’s a saying, “If you want to get a good laugh tell God your plans.” My relocation was denied by the authorities. Continue reading →

What is Reentry Like for Recovering Drug Addicts?

  By Lashonia Etheridge-Bey | October 17, 2014 - 2:03 pm |
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Yesterday I spend some time with the women currently housed at the Reentry Sanctions Center (RSC), a program that is overseen by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) for the District of Columbia. The RSC is a residential program that provides high-risk offenders and parole violators with an intensive assessment and treatment. Based on the results from these individualized assessments, clients are referred to an in-patient or out-patient drug treatment program and into transitional housing. Continue reading →