Reentry Programs Database
Browse a searchable database of reentry programs and initiatives from across the country, ranging from community-based efforts to statewide projects. And share your organization’s efforts to facilitate successful reentry by submiting a program profile to the database.Spotlight Announcements
6/11/10 — The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at Georgetown University holds a weeklong certificate program of intensive study for private sector leaders, from October 22-28, 2010, that focuses on policies, programs and practices related to children and youth who are known to multiple systems of care, particularly juvenile justice and child welfare.
5/26/10 — Democrat and Republican congressional leaders, reentry experts, and representatives of programs receiving federal funding through the Second Chance Act come together to share strategies that increase success rates for people released from prisons, jails, and juvenile correctional facilities.
Reentry News Clips
9/1/10 — Cornhusker State Industries "is a $12 million a year business that employs about 12 percent of the state prison population, provides services for the prison system and markets products such as furniture and houses to government and nonprofit agencies. The first goal of CSI is training, teaching work habits and skills to help inmates succeed in the outside world. Nebraska's overall recidivism rate is about 25 percent. That means one-fourth of all inmates return to prison within three years. But fewer than 15 percent of people working in CSI for at least six months come back within three years."
8/24/10 — "King County Council members have called for County Executive Dow Constantine to develop a plan to help people transition from jail to society, and to prevent them from re-offending."