Lamont, On Campaign Trail in Bridgeport, Sees the Value in Prison-Reentry Program

Ned Lamont, ahead slightly in the polls heading into the August 10 Democratic gubernatorial primary against Dan Malloy, spent about an hour and a half this afternoon touring the Family ReEntry program on Bridgeport’s Main Street and it’s East Side facility to meet some of the employees and clients.Ken Jackson, director of the Beacon program, aimed at keeping kids out of the prison system, said that if Lamont wins election “give us a call.” Lamont, who also talked with a group of 21 Harding High students, promised Jackson “I won’t forget about you,” if he wins election. The programs help stop the revolving door in the state’s prison system, where most inmates find themselves back in prison because they can’t make it on the outside.