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| Reentry Programs |
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- 630,000 offenders are released
from prison every year, many more are released from jails
- The problem of their recidivism has become a
crisis that affects all parts of a community
- Fewer
than half of all released offenders stay out of trouble for at least 3 years
after their release from prison
- Many of these offenders commit
serious and/or violent offenses while under parole supervision
- These prisoners will have
served longer sentences than ever and have fewer positive connections to their
past community life, including families, employers and positive community
connections
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The benefits to providing good
reentry services are inmates are able to return to the community with a greater
chance to succeed and by providing these services a county can reduce recidivism
rates.
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| Alternative Solutions can provided a range services including; |
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- Program development and design
- Casework and community linkage
staff training
- Linkage to employment training
and job development
- Referral to local community
providers
- Help agencies in the development of a best practice transition to community model
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| The following are examples of
agencies that Alternative Solutions has worked with: |
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- National institute of Corrections transition from jail to community Project, working with the Urban Institute team to develop a model for jail reentry program
- New Orleans day reporting project: partnership between the Louisiana DOC the City of New Orleans and Louisianan office of addictive disorders.
- Norfolk county Jail Massachusetts
- Sullivan County , New Hampshire
- Santa Barbara County, California
- Franklin County , Massachusetts
- Maryland Department of
Corrections
- Massachusetts Department of
Corrections
- Massachusetts Department of Youth
Services
- Davidson County Jail
- Several non-profit providers.
- Santa Barbara County,
California
- Douglas County, Kansas
- Member of the Advisory Council
for the Jail Reentry Round Table Committee for the Urban Institute. Working with the Urban Institute, the National Institute of Corrections and a National Advisory Group to develop a Transition from Jail to Community Model.
- Provide reentry workshops
designed to bring jails and other key stakeholders together to design and
develop reentry models
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Kevin Warwick has been
developing reentry programs since the early 1980’s. Included in this are such
programs as after incarceration support services, life skills and job
development, transitional housing, case management services, and treatment
programs. This continuum serviced 1,500 offenders each year.
The following link contains additional useful information on this topic. www.jailtransition.com |
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