II: Review of the Re-Entry Process
Part II of the Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council is organized according to the sequence of events that should occur from the time a sentenced person enters a corrections facility until he or she has successfully reintegrated into the community. This chronology is divided into several chapters: Admission to the Facility; Prison and Jail Programming; Making the Release Decision; Managing the Key Transition Period; and Community Supervision.
This part of the Report recommends policies, programs, and practices that should be initiated at each phase of the re-entry continuum while emphasizing that all re-entry activities must be tailored to account for individualized risks and needs. Each chapter contains multiple policy statements, which generally span the issues identified by the subject matter tabs (displayed on the right edge of odd-numbered pages in the policy statements throughout Part II): workforce, health, housing, victims, families and communities, and victims. Re-entry planners and other policymakers using this Report as a guide should be sure to build in protocols for considering each person's primary needs, as well as the particular circumstances of their own community, in prioritizing and implementing the activities within each chapter.