The Bienen-sponsored program creates a sense of community through music composition for students at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
The motivation for creating AMPED stemmed from the goal of extending outreach through music.
To prepare for working with students at JTDC in January, student mentors attend four mandated training sessions led by AMP ED leadership in fall quarter.
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Getting Out and Staying Out, co-founded by Tony Smith of the VSA Consulting Group, works to reduce recidivism rate among men at Rikers Island, New York City. The recidivism rate significantly dropped from 60-plus percent to under 20 percent, with more than a thousand men over a span of  eight years.