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WHO WE ARE
OUR RESULTS
PEP is dedicated to delivering the nation’s best outcomes in the prison re-entry field. Learn more about us here.
2011-2012 Annual Report (April 15, 2012)Download PEP's complete annual report as an Adobe PDF (1.7 kb download) here:  Results (as of March 2012)Return on Investment 1 Savings to Texas: $50,000 per graduate ROI to PEP Donors: $5-to-1 Average Taxes Paid: $7,000+ per graduate Participants # graduates since 2004: Over 700 # released from prison in 2011: 131 Avg # graduates attending eSchool in 2011: 25/week  * Estimated number of graduates. 3-Year Recidivism 2 Texas: Around 25% PEP: Less than 5%  * Texas recidivism is undetermined for 2011. Employment Within 30 days of release: 70% Within 90 days of release: 100% Average Starting Wage: $9.51/hour Average Time to Find Job: 26 days  # PEP Graduate Businesses: At least 106 Housing # PEP Transition Homes in Houston: 2 # PEP Transition Homes in Dallas: 1 Total Capacity of Homes: 41 beds % Grads Released to PEP Housing: 65% Outreach in 2011 Family Members Visiting Prison: Nearly 400 Executive Volunteers in Prison: Over 400 Business Plan Advisors: Over 200 1: This is a conservative number based on the total cost of incarcerating a man in Texas of approximately $21,390 per year. Source: "The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers", C. Henrichson and R. Delaney, Vera Institute of Justice (January 2012, updated)) . This figure does not include the taxes paid by PEP graduates, which are typically about $7,000 per year in payroll, sales, income and other taxes. This figure also does not include the value of the child support that many of the men pay, the impact of their employment on their companies' productivity nor the impact of the jobs that PEP entrepreneurs create through their businesses. |
