"Inside Change"
A blog by Amicus President Louise Wolfgramm
Amicus Institute
Conducts best practice research, public education, advocacy,
consulting, and technical assistance to develop, promote and replicate
best practices for working with offenders.
Amicus Academy
Provides training to volunteers and corrections professionals in the
areas of offender re-entry, institution visits, girls’ services,
offender employment, and restorative justice.
Mark Your Calendars!
Amicus Men of Rafiki Car Wash on July 11
Amicus "Bring a Friend Ice Cream Social" Volunteer Event on July 15
Amicus Walk
Saturday, Sept. 19 2009
Como Lake, St. Paul
Distance: 1.67 miles
Amicus is taking a walk around Como Lake in support of those incarcerated, those trying to make
a new start after serving a prison sentence and the friends and family members who love them.
Nearly 1 in 100 Americans is currently behind bars. Join supporters who are walking around
Como Lake in order to help those leaving prison walk a straighter path. For more information,
please contact Amicus at 612-348-8570.
Upcoming training this summer presented by the Amicus Training Academy:
It's All About the Relationship
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For over 40 years Amicus has been improving public safety by helping people change their lives. Here is one of our stories...
Running With a New Crowd
"My dream was to be a kingpin," Malcolm McLauglin said of his teen years, when priorities were nice shoes, a nice car and selling the drugs needed to buy them.
When his lifestyle culminated in felony convictions and prison time, Malcolm said he felt the world was conspiring against him.
"I blamed everybody else; society, the man… I wasn't really taking responsibility for myself. People around me influence me, but I make my own choices."
It wasn't until he was sent to Moose Lake Correctional Facility for Criminal Sexual Conduct did Malcolm decide to try a different route.
"I was tired - not just physically, but mentally. I was tired of doing the same thing, but I didn't know how to change. I knew I didn't want to come out the same way I went in, because if I did, I deserved to go back. "
That's when he found Amicus Men of Rafiki…
Read more …
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Amicus is a Minnesota not-for-profit organization
with over 41 years of experience in improving public safety by helping
inmates and ex-offenders through positive relationship-building,
restorative justice practices and individualized transition services.
Through innovative programming, Amicus helps inmates and ex-offenders
reshape their lives, reach their goals, and make successful transitions
from prison into the community. All of the Amicus programs are
relationship-based, community-driven, culturally specific and
outcome-oriented.
The word "amicus" is Latin for "friend."
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MISSION
Amicus partners with inmates,
ex-offenders, juvenile offenders and communities to build successful
lives and stronger communities.
Did you know...
that the Minnesota state prison population has grown by 189 percent since 1989?
That rate is 50 percent higher than the national average.
In 2004, Minnesota had the highest prison population growth rate in the nation.
- Department of Corrections, March 2006
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At our website, you can learn about offender issues;
access Amicus programs and
resources; receive agency updates; and learn about opportunities for volunteering
and donating.
We welcome your comments. Click on the email address
found throughout the site or call our office at (612)
348-8570.
Projects are funded/supported, in part, by the Office of Justice
Programs through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the
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