"Each year over 11,000 inmates are released from Michigan's prisons.  Nearly half will return to prison within 2 years and cost the state $112 million dollars per year."

 - Source: Michigan Department of Corrections

Over the last 25 years the Michigan prison population has more than tripled with approximately half of those incarcerated being substance dependent, and many more being locked up for drugs or other non-assaultive offenses. Once released, these offenders are very prone to relapse and recidivism when their underlying issues are not sufficiently addressed. <more>