Back to Prison or Back to Work?
In Alabama, it costs an average of over $17,000 per year to incarcerate 1 individual, but Ransom Ministries can help them get back to work for less than $4,000 while improving our environment!
$51,020 raised
$50,000 goal
We are no longer accepting donations on this campaign, but there are other ways for you to support us today!
As Technology grows so, too does the amount of electronic waste also known as e-waste. In fact, electronic waste including appliances are one of the biggest pollution sources on earth at an average of 41.8 million tons per year. Sadly, of the 11.7 million tons of e-waste produced in the United States of America only an average of 1 million tons is recycled according to EPA estimates. The problem with this type of polluting is the vast majority of e-waste is 100% recyclable. The amount of worldwide e-waste in this generation is expected to exceed 50 million tons by 2020, with an annual growth rate between 4% and 5%. Only 8.9 million metric tons (20%) of total global e-waste generated in 2016 was recycled. In addition, to working on the problem of e-waste, Ransom Recycling also provides an important transitional support those who are coming out of the prison system, Drug Rehab and homelessness
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| What can be done to help people who are released from prison keep from reoffending? With no job, no money, and no place to live, returnees often find themselves facing the same pressures and temptations that landed them in prison in the first place. Assisting ex-prisoners in finding and keeping employment, identifying transitional housing, and receiving mentoring are three key elements of successful re-entry into our communities. In 2015, the state of Alabama released 10,715 inmates were released back into society. Of those released, there were 3,149 recidivists. A recidivist is defined as an inmate who returns to the Alabama Department of Corrections prison system within three years of release from ADOC jurisdiction. Many of these formerly incarcerated people will not have jobs upon release, will have difficulty finding jobs, and will not be able to honor child support and other financial responsibilities. Mobile County is the top admitting county of prisoners in the State of Alabama, so we as a County need to push towards putting these individuals back to work. Ransom Ministries addresses both of these problems by creating a computer de-manufacturing company which employs formerly incarcerated, formerly addicted and homeless in a transitional job setting and you can be a part of making a difference in our community through your giving. |