Browsing: Yavapai Reentry Project

Letter to the Editor: Yavapai Reentry Project

July 21, 20140

By Hannah JohnsonYavapai Reentry Project(July 21, 2014) To the Editor, In 2010, Arizona had 45,907 adults in the state prison…

From Inmate to Citizen: Guiding Families Through The Post-Release Transition

May 28, 20140

Verde Valley AZ (May 28, 2014) – On Thursday, June 5th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm, the Yavapai Reentry Project will…

Yavapai Reentry Project Seeks Community Coaches for Growing Program

April 30, 20140

Prescott AZ (April 30, 2014) – The Yavapai Reentry Program (YRP) will be hosting another Community Coach training on May…

Yavapai Reentry Project – Employment and Tax Credit informational meeting

June 19, 20130

Verde Valley AZ (June 19, 2013) – On Monday, June 24th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm, the Yavapai Reentry Project will…

MATFORCE Lunch ‘n Learn Yavapai Reentry Project

January 3, 20120

Verde Valley AZ (January 3, 2011) – MATFORCE’s January 12 Lunch ‘n Learn will focus on the newly formed Yavapai…

The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
By Tommy Acosta
Having grown up in the mean streets of the Bronx there is one lesson we learn early on, and that’s don’t mess with the cops when they got you down, and outnumbered. The beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the police preceding his death at the hospital could have been avoided if only he had the sense to not resist them. People fail to understand that on the streets, cops are basically “God.” You can’t fight them. If it takes one, two, five, ten or twenty officers they will eventually put you down and hurt you if they have to in the process of detaining or arresting you. In the Bronx we would fight amongst ourselves but when the cops came it was “Yes, officer. No, officer,” and do our best to look as innocent as possible. People need to understand that cops on the street represent the full power of the state and government. Read more→