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RAND Correctional Education Summary

Each year, more than 700,000 incarcerated individuals leave federal and state prisons; within three years of release, 40 percent will have committed new crimes or violated the terms of their release and be reincarcerated. Although a number of factors impede the...

Ready4Reentry Prisoner Reentry Toolkit

Ready4Reentry placed faith-based and community organizations at the center of social service delivery to ex-offenders. It placed an emphasis on employment-focused programs that incorporate mentoring, job training, job placement, case management and other comprehensive...

Reentry 2015 Issues–Future

In July 2015, President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal correctional institution. Just two months later, Pope Francis met with men and women incarcerated in Philadelphia’s largest correctional facility. Perhaps it is not a...

Reentry Matters: Second Chance Act 10th Anniversary Edition

The National Reentry Resource Center and the CSG Justice Center released. This toolkit is designed to "serve as a roadmap for identifying issues related to the education of delinquent youth during placement and when they are released and reintegrated into their...

Reentry Report Alaska

The ReEntry Manual includes nine Steps to successful reentry, and is designed to function as both a teacher’s guide and inmate workbook, with space to take notes, checklists to gauge reentry readiness and worksheets to create resumes, budgets and spending logs....

Reentry Skills Building Handbook

Remember that planning for your release needs to start immediately, not just a week before you are scheduled to leave. Reentry starts on your first day of incarceration and everything you do during your incarceration should be focused on increasing your knowledge and...

Reentry Starts Here

This toolkit, Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs, was developed as a resource to help young people in juvenile corrections and treatment programs prepare for reentry and success in the community.According to...

Reentry TIP SHEETS for Women

The series, Reentry TIPSHEETS for Women, is designed to help correctional staff and other supportive stakeholders, who are working with women during the pre-release planning process and during reentry to address their needs as they transition to the community. The tip...