My City January 2022

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2021 City’s Choice Awards After votes poured in from everywhere – over 18,000 of them – Greater Flint chose their favor- ites in nearly 200 categories! e layout featured art created by Flint Public Art Project artists.

e education, re-entry and rehabilitation ini- tiative was designed to eliminate generational incarceration through education by restor- ing value, hope and purpose to the inmate population. “We don’t call it a program,” says Capt. Jason Gould, Jail Administrator. “It is a cultural change, a way of thinking.”

Breaking the Cycle of Generational Incarceration ings have changed at the Gene- see County Jail since I.G.N.I.T.E. (Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally rough Education) launched in September 2020, the vision of Genesee County Sheriˆ, Chris- topher R. Swanson.

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