According to the most recent report from the Pew Institute's Public Safety Performance Project: "Between probation, parole, jail and prison, the US correctional population exceeds seven million people. One in every 43 US residents is currently under correctional supervision."  I estimate that at least another two million criminals live among us between stints of correctional supervision. These nearly 10 million individuals prey upon law abiding citizens at a rate of more than $400 billion annually. That's a prodigious investment that generates almost no return. By return on investment (ROI), I mean an ever-growing number of criminals transforming into contributing citizens.

In this article I will not recount the depresssing data ad infinitum. We know crime raes across our nation. We also know that many times the criminals are people we love. In this article I will outline a strategy by which the almost 20 million family members and loved ones of criminals can organize themselves into a formidable force for change. Therefore, I propose to introduce a strategy to help organize the families and loved ones of criminals into the Network of Families and Loved Ones of Criminals (NFLOC).

Consider this analogy!

Picture a huge fishing net, composed of thousands of diamond-shaped connectors, none of which could catch a fish individually. But