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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, 40% of these individuals are re-arrested, convicted, and incarcerated again, with a cost of $300,000 per person. The estimated national cost is $ 78.0 billion annually.
Our Vision, State by State!
- Reduce recidivism rate from 40% to 10%.
- Fund 10,000 inmate high school GED graduations.
- Fund 1,500 inmate job trainings.
- Fund 25,000 employer incentives. the
- 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 20 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.
- Fund 25,000 employer incentives.
- 1,500 inmate jobs via 20 work 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
Objective: Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding.
- 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: $ 21.0 billion.
- 35,000 teens held in juvenile detention.
- Invest $ 10,000 per child in education/training ($ 350.0 million).
- Avoided cost: $ 10.5 billion.
- https://dropoutprevention.org/resources/statistics/quick- facts/economic-impacts-of-dropouts/
Stop Human Trafficking
Objective: 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
Objective: 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: 2,400 individuals via 480 companies.
- $ 1.2 billion annual cost.
- Location: CA, TX, OK, WV, PA, LA.
Forest Thinning - Fire Prevention Service
Objective: 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.
- 10 state projects at 500 inmates each or 5,000 people.
- Location: CA, WA, OR, AZ, NV, TX, OK, WV, PA, LA.
Cattle & Goat Ranch's
Objective: 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 over five years.
- 20 job training platforms.
- Goal: Use farming operations for job training.
- Goal: Reduce imports via new cattle operations.
Produce Farm's
Objective: 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.
Honey Farm's
Objective: Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- America imports 135.0 million pounds annually.
- Import value: $ 270.0 million ($ 2.00 per lb).
- Hives needed: 2.7 million hives (50.0 lbs).
- 50,000 hives per state.
- Products: Organic honey and related products.
- Goal: Use honey production for job training.
- Goal: Reduce imports via new farming operations.
Aircraft Recycling
Objective: 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.
Manufacturing
Objective: 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.