To the editor:

I am writing in support of adding a bus stop on Franklin Road near Kansas Highway 10 and the correctional facility so that family members of inmates and inmates on work-release have safe transportation to and from the correctional facility. Visitation from family members and participation in work-release programs are strong factors in leading incarcerated individuals to rehabilitation. I have worked with and have hired former inmates and know how important it is for them to find and hold a job.

Men and women who can maintain contact with their families and who can participate in work programs are far more likely to be successful in their efforts to stay out of jail after release, thereby benefiting the community at large.

David Hann,

Lawrence