Project Return Allowed to Keep Office

The Times-Picayune reports that Project Return, a widely hailed rehabilitation program for ex-convicts, recently won a decision in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal regarding zoning status that will allow it to maintain its office in Algiers. The group, however, is not overly excited about the verdict because it is looking for an office near or in the Central Business District, so that ex-inmates can easily get their by bus. "The bottom line is we'll get better results in a better location," Bob Roberts, the Project Return Director, said. "And better results means a reduction in crime and safer streets. But we're still on the wrong side of the river."

Posted by AJR at April 7, 2003 08:30 AM