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Professor Silva Discusses Tight Job Market for Previously Incarcerated Individuals with IBJ
01/19/2018
Indianapolis and state politicians are working in a bipartisan way to make jobs and training programs available to previously incarcerated individuals, and that's giving hope to Professor Lahny Silva, who works IU McKinney students who volunteer with the REACH, or Re-Entry and Community Help, program. A story about the effort appeared in the January 12 issue of the Indianapolis Business Journal.
“We have a unique opportunity to unite both sides of the aisle,” Professor Silva said in the story. "The less people we have returning to prison, we can spend those monies allocated or earmarked to the Department of Correction to more preventative-type programs.”
Professor Silva joined the faculty in Summer 2011. Her areas of interest include criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional law, torts and evidence. She received the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Unsung Hero award for her community service work.
