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Recidivism to Resiliency Initiative.
Reduce USVI recidivism via farming, job training, education and new opportunities over five years
USVI Background.
- 350 inmates.
- Average USVI sentence 57 months.
- 50% recidivism rate.
- 50% high school graduation rate.
Program Objectives.
- Projected Cost: $ 45.0 million annually.
- Five year farm build out (400 acres).
- Provide 75% of produce to St. Croix.
- Reduce recidivism rate from 50% to 5%.
- Increase HS graduation from 50% to 100%.
- Annual programs.
- Fund one 400 acre produce farm.
- Fund 1,000 High school GED graduations.
- Fund 1,000 H.S. trade school graduations.
- Fund 100 rehab - halfway house beds.
- Fund 100 prison training jobs.
- Fund 1,000 employer-based job incentives.
Farming & Education Pilot Project
1. Objective - Agriculture - Food Security.
- Fund and Grow 15 produce products.
- Coffee, vegetables, coconuts, fruits, citrus.
- Training in farming and food production.
- Feed 75% of St. Croix to ensure food security.
- One 400 acre produce farm, near the airport.
- One cattle ranch: TBD (Florida Program).
- Program cost: $ 25.0 million annually.
2. Objective - Education - GED and job training.
- Graduate 1,000 high school dropouts per year.
- Training for 1,000 HS graduates per year.
- Program cost: $ 20.0 million annually.
How To Fund Our Vision!
Objective: Modify two existing IRS codes via legislation.
1. Amend Public Law 117-169.
- Current Law: Inflation Reduction Act.
- Audience: High school dropouts.
- GOAL: Graduate 1,000 HS students annually.
- Annual cost: $ 20.0 million (1,000@$18,000 each).
- Avoided cost: $ 300.0 million (1,000@$300,000 each).
2. Amend Public Law 117-169.
- Current Law: Inflation Reduction Act.
- GOAL: Train 100 inmates for future employment.
- Operations: Produce & Cattle.
- Annual cost: $ 25.0 million (Farming Program).
- Avoided cost: $ TBD.
3. Amend WOTC section 51 (Employer Incentive).
- GOAL: Increase $ 9,000 to $ 25,000 per worker.
- GOAL: Incentivize 1,000 employers to hire inmates.
- Tax incentive: $ 25,000 per employee.
- Annual cost: $ 25.0 million (1,000@$25,000 each).
- Avoided cost: $ 300.0 million (1,000@$300,000 each).
Societal Cost of Not Completing High School
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding - HS Project).
- Amend WOTC section 51 (Employer Incentive).
- 75 % of crimes are committed by high school dropouts.
- Eight times more likely to be arrested than graduates.
- 75% of inmates have not completed high school.
- Fund 1,000 GED HS graduations and trainings (USVI).
https://dropoutprevention.org/resources/statistics/quick- facts/economic-impacts-of-dropouts/
https://slspotlight.com/opinion/2018/03/19/high-school-dropouts-more-likely-to-go-to-prison/.
Prison Cattle & Goat Ranch's
- Amend Law 117-169 (Tax Credit Funding).
- The United States imports 3.5 billion pounds of beef.
- Imported beef: 5.0 million head annually.
- Import value: $ 25.0 billion annually.
- Cattle type: American Angus.
- Location: 20,000 acre cattle ranch (Florida).
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.
- Acres: 400 acres per farm.
- Location: Two farms (St. Croix & St. Thomas).