Re-Entry and Recidivism
The Re-Entry and Recidivism section focuses on the challenges and strategies for helping former inmates successfully reintegrate into society while reducing the likelihood of reoffending. This directory provides articles and resources on effective re-entry programs, support services, and policies to lower recidivism rates. Understanding these concepts is vital for correctional professionals promoting rehabilitation and public safety. For more on inmate support, explore our section on Parole and Probation.
Peer support specialists at Chowchilla Women’s Facility are transforming incarceration by helping address trauma and build trust among inmates
The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office launched “Operation Holiday Honor,” which provides resources for incarcerated veterans to prepare them for success upon release
The Cheshire County jail offers Restorative Learning Dialogues — an eight to 10-week program focused on repairing relationships with self and others
Inmates will refurbish the bikes for a bike giveaway in New Orleans
The department incorporated the Intensive Supervision Services as a part of the Division of Young Offender Parole and Reentry Services in 2011
Ladies of Leath Women’'s Correctional Institution in Greenwood has been handcrafting patriotic American flag bow ties since Tight Lines Y’all teamed with Prison Industriess
Program allows parent inmates to spend the last year of their sentence outside of jail
Southeastern Kentucky Re-Entry Task Force seeks to help inmates readjust to society as successful citizens
Mentoring program helped former inmate Jose Huerta re-enter society and avoid reoffending
The New Mexico secretary of corrections posed as an inmate for 48 hours to see what solitary confinement really felt like
Said official improperly spent nearly $80K on CDs, musicians to play for inmates
Meredith Allen, who serves as a release counselor at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, was recognized for her dedication, innovation, leadership, role modeling, teamwork, and mentoring
Four Berks County juvenile probation drug-and-alcohol specialists work around the clock meeting with juveniles and their families to help them stay clean and sober
The eight-session program is designed to teach inmates about recognizing what trauma and abuse is and how to help themselves through educational lesson
With several severe restrictions that include 24-hour GPS monitoring, Hubbart will be allowed to rent a small house
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Thursday opened the first-ever Community Reentry and Resource Center at its jail complex
Served four years for drug trafficking before being released and starting his own business
The Oregon Department of Corrections has assigned 10 minimum-security inmates to take part in the prison system’s first legal buzz
Saginaw County Jail inmates will soon have a new way to communicate with friends and loved ones
Contact visits are currently permitted at York County Prison only by a judge’s orders, and for mothers only
November 2011 study by the Minnesota Department of Corrections concluded “visitation significantly decreased the risk of recidivism”
Rehabilitation doesn’t mean returning a ‘perfect’ person to society; here’s why we need to readjust our expectations
Corrections officials recently launched a suit donation drive with the goal of giving suits to outgoing inmates
Two days per month, two troops comprised of 19 offenders’ daughters are shuttled to the Jessup facility to bond with their mothers
The number of Oregon prison inmates given classroom education took a 12.6 percent dip from 2009 to 2013,
Kennebec County Jail inmates graduate from 5-week program
Youth development specialists impact juveniles
A new program implemented at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women will allow women to raise their children behind bars
State prisons director Gary Mohr attributes the drop to community programs that work with newly released inmates, and new prison units that prepare inmates for life outside bars
South Dakota Penitentiary, which runs a program called Parole Pups, was contacted and stepped up to the plate to foster the puppies
Graduate says online high school diploma program is helping inmates like him turn their lives around--and stay out of prison. By Smart Horizons Career Online Education
Gwinnett County jail’s “Jail Dogs” program chooses dogs most people overlook, the ones usually at the front of the death row line
GEO Reentry Services opened a “parolee re-entry center” earlier this month