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Our Vision
The United States is the world leader in incarceration, locking up more people per capita than any other nation.
Each year, more than 650,000 individuals are released from State and Federal prisons. Within three years of their release, 40% are arrested, convicted, and incarcerated for the second time for $ 300,000 per person.
The estimated national cost is $ 78.0 billion annually!
Our Vision.
- Reduce recidivism rate from 40 % to 10% (State by State).
- Fund inmate high school GED graduations.
- Fund inmate job training.
- Fund employer incentives,
- Fund prison farms and environmental cleanup programs.
- Fund rehab, halfway houses and support programs.
How To Fund Our Vision!
Objective: Amend two existing Federal laws and fund the proposed initiatives to reduce recidivism, State by State.
1. Amend Public Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding - HS Project).
- Existing Law: Inflation Reduction Act.
- Target audience: High school student dropout.
- Target audience: Students in juvenile detention.
- Students per year: 10,000.
- Goal: Reduce recidivism via H.S. graduation.
- Annual cost: $ 100.0 million (10,000@$10,000 each).
- Avoided cost: $ 3.0 billion (10,000@$300,000 each).
2. Amend Public Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding - Job Training).
- Existing Law: Inflation Reduction Act.
- 1,500 inmate jobs annually via 30 training platforms.
- Goal: Reduce recidivism via work and training programs.
- Annual cost: $ 75.0 million (1,500@$50,000 each).
- Avoided cost: $ 450.0 million (1,500@$300,000 each).
3. Amend WOTC section 51 (Employer Incentive).
- Law change: Increase $ 2,000 to 25,000 per person.
- Goal: Reduce recidivism via job and skills training.
- Per State: Incentivize 25,000 employers to hire/retain felons.
- Employer Tax incentive: $ 25,000 per employee.
- Annual IRS cost: $ 625.0 million (25,000@$25,000 each).
- Avoided cost: $ 7.5 billion (25,000@$300,000 each).
Annual Investment
Proposed annual investment to reduce recidivism.
- $ 600.0 million investment per State, five year program.
- 1,500 inmate jobs via 30 platforms.
- Orphan oil & gas closure initiative.
- Waste to Energy generation initiative.
- Produce - farming initiative.
- Cattle ranch initiative.
- Education - GED graduation initiative.
- Fire prevention initiative.
- Manufacturing initiative.
- Aircraft recycling initiative.
- Halfway house, HQ office, R&D, Social Services
Societal Cost of Not Completing High School
Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- The cost to America from teens not graduating is substantial.
- 75 % of crimes are committed by high school dropouts.
- Eight times more likely to be arrested than H.S. graduates.
- 82% of inmates have not completed high school.
- Juvenile detention cost to America: $ 8.0 to $ 21.0 billion.
- 35,000 teens held in juvenile detention.
- Invest $ 50,000 per child in education and training ($ 2.1 billion).
- Avoided cost: $ 10.5 billion.
- https://dropoutprevention.org/resources/statistics/quick- facts/economic-impacts-of-dropouts/
Stop Human Trafficking
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- Approximately 50,000 people are trafficked in the U.S.
- Fund police operations, asset seizure, and litigation.
- Fund victim services to reduce human trafficking.
Orphan Oil & Gas Well Closure
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- Problem: 1.0 million orphan oil & gas wells in 22 states
- Goal: Fund 12,000 orphan well closures per year.
- Jobs: 3,300 individuals via 500 companies.
- $ 1.2 billion annual cost.
- Ten year inititive.
- Location: CA, TX, OK, WV, PA, LA.
Forest Thinning - Fire Prevention Service
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- Goal: Thin 1.0 million acres per year to reduce fire hazard.
- Fund 1.0 million acres of forest thinning in ten states.
- Location: National Forest Service, BLM, NPS.
- Inmate jobs: 5,000 individuals in ten states.
- 10 state projects at 500 inmates each.
- Location: CA, WA, OR, AZ, NV, TX, OK, WV, PA, LA.
Prison Cattle & Goat Ranch's
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- The United States imports 3.5 billion pounds of beef.
- Imported beef: 7.0 million head annually.
- Import value: $ 5.0 billion annually.
- Cattle type: American Wagyu.
- Fund 50,000 cattle per state, five ranches.
- 30 state program.
- Goal: Use farming operations for job training.
- Goal: Reduce imports via new cattle operations.
Prison Produce Farm's
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- America imports $ 18.3 billion annually.
- Products: Produce, flowers, spices, oils, rice, honey.
- Goal: Use farming operations for job training.
- Goal: Reduce imports via new farming operations.
Prison Honey Farm's
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- America imports 135.0 million pounds annually.
- Import value: $ 400.0 million ($ 3.00 per lb).
- Hives needed: 2.7 million hives.
- Products: Organic honey and related products.
- Goal: Use honey production for job training.
- Goal: Reduce imports via new farming operations.
Prison Aircraft Recycling
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- Approximately 5,000 aircraft are available for recycling.
- 600 commercial aircraft (747, AB 380, 737) retire each year.
Prison Manufacturing
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- America imports $ 3.0 trillion annually.
- Goal: Reduce imports via prison manufacturing.
- Opportunity: Manufacture items in America.
- Customers: Retailers, HD, Walmart, Lowe's, Ace, Grocery, Retail.