When a person gets out of jail, the process is called re-entry — they’re re-entering society. It can be like starting a life in a foreign land where the people don’t want you there.
Housing
Short on volunteers, Salvation Army’s ‘warming center’ winds down
Volunteer shortage causes warming center to shut down until the Salvation Army finds people willing to help supervise the shelter overnight. The emergency center had opened after the city condemned the historic Bergmann Hotel and displaced its tenants.
‘We’re just out’: Bergmann tenants turn to Salvation Army
The historic building has suffered from years of neglect and mistreatment. Juneau officials condemned it because the building isn’t safe but for some Juneau residents, it was home.
Tenants displaced after Juneau’s historic Bergmann Hotel condemned by city
The historic Bergmann Hotel used as a tenement has been condemned by the City and Borough of Juneau over health and safety hazards. Tenants were coming to terms Friday with the city’s condemnation order.
CBJ: Bergmann Hotel shutdown and evictions imminent due to health and safety problems
City Manager Rorie Watt says the owner was given “ample time to become compliant to little effect.”
Juneau weighs winter campground for downtown homeless
The City and Borough of Juneau has been offered a site for a winter campground for homeless people. But whether the city wants to take on that responsibility next year remains undecided.