Fixing an Urban Housing Crisis That Most People Can’t See
Debi Smith is on a mission. It began four years ago, in March 2013, when she dropped her son off at a halfway house in North Philadelphia following his release from state prison. It was supposed to be a short stay. Maurice “Reese” Ingersoll had struggled for years with mental illness and substance abuse issues.
The Reentry Project is a collaborative news initiative about the challenges of—and solutions to—prisoner reentry in Philadelphia