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• New Research Reports on Reentry

  Followers of the literature on reentry may be interested in a new post on the Correctional Research Roundtable forum regarding three new reports from the Urban Institute's Returning Home study. Posted Jun 17 2009, 10:07 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Research

• Training Available to State Agencies For Successful Offender Reentry

  The Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP), through funding from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, will be offering training to state-level corrections and community supervision agencies interested in enhancing successful offender reentry/transition... Posted Feb 02 2009, 02:32 PM by llinke with Filed under: Reentry, Training, Release Planning

• Public Safety and Reentry

  The Urban Institute , Justice Policy Center , under an award from a JEHT Foundation grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance , with assistance from the National Institute of Corrections , has published, "Putting Public Safety First: 13 Parole... Posted Dec 04 2008, 11:41 AM by CC Pro with Filed under: Reentry, parole, Public Policy, Public Safety

• NIC and Urban Institute Launch Jail Reentry Initiative

  NIC has expanded its reentry efforts beyond prisons with a new project to improve the transition of inmates from jails back to local communities. The project is called Transition from Jail to Community - TJC . With project partner the Urban Institute... Posted Oct 10 2008, 02:34 PM by llinke with Filed under: Reentry, Jails

• Release Planning for Successful Reentry, A Guide

  New from the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center is Release Planning for Successful Reentry : A Guide for Corrections, Service Providers, and Community Groups. The guide covers release planning's role, key components of a release plan, and... Posted Oct 09 2008, 11:27 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Release Planning, Mapping

• An Interactive Web-Based Reentry Tool

  The Council of State Governments Justice Center has unveiled "a first-of-its-kind interactive online tool for state and local government professionals working to make prison and jail reentry safer and more successful." The tool is organized... Posted Aug 06 2008, 02:08 PM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Assessment

• Examining the Parole Experience

  New in the Urban Institute's Returning Home series of reports examining the challenges of prisoner reentry is a research brief focusing on the impact of parole supervision. Returning Home on Parole : Former Prisoners' Experiences in Illinois,... Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:43 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Research, parole

• A Trio of Resources Addressing Families

  Newly posted by Ohio's Institute for Excellence in Justice are two best practice tool kits, plus proceedings from a seminar on family relationships. The tool kits are "Family Involvement During Incarceration and Reentry," and "Incarcerated... Posted Jul 01 2008, 08:00 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Parenting, Families

• What Works/Does Not Work in Reentry

  As Federal, state, and local governments look toward reentry programming as a means to improve outcomes for prisoners returning to the community, researchers are beginning to produce results regarding the effectiveness of these efforts. The Pennsylvania... Posted May 28 2008, 08:39 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Research, What works

• More About What Influences Reentry

  The Urban Institute has just posted a significant addition to its extensive examination the reentry process. In Health and Prisoner Reentry : How Physical, Mental, and Substance Abuse Conditions Shape the Process of Reintegration, authors Kamala Mallik... Posted Feb 27 2008, 09:24 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, Offender Health

• Georgia High Court Overturns Residency Restrictions on Sex Offenders

  In a unanimous decision , the Georgia Supreme Court struck down a state law that placed a ban on where registered sex offenders could reside. The law, one of the most restrictive in the nation, forbade registered sex offenders from "living within... Posted Nov 28 2007, 01:39 PM by CC Pro with Filed under: Reentry, Legal issues, Sex offenders

• What Makes Women Offenders Different?

  This timely and relevant topic is discussed in an audio podcast presented by "DC Public Safety ". In federal partnership with the National Institute of Corrections , Correctional Programs Specialists from NIC provide an overview of the Issues... Posted Aug 28 2007, 04:25 PM by CC Pro with Filed under: Reentry, women offenders

• More Thinking About Reentry

  The Urban Institute continues its in-depth look at prisoner reentry with a new policy brief , this time examining issues from stakeholders' perspectives. Service providers, local government officials, criminal justice practitioners, and civic leaders... Posted Aug 14 2007, 10:49 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry

• Reentry in a Nutshell for Decisionmakers

  We appreciate in-depth research, but we're even more appreciative when that research is summarized beautifully for speedy review. The Urban Institute has gone one better by releasing a concise summary of research that it hasn't even published... Posted May 24 2007, 09:06 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Reentry, What works, Recidivism

• Faith Based Mentoring of Criminal Offenders

  Welcome to DC Public Safety–radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system. Please see http://media.csosa.gov for our radio shows. We welcome your comments and suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov. This program... Posted May 15 2007, 12:57 PM by DC Public Safety (Video) Filed under: Reentry, Interviews with Policy Makers, Faith-based Initiatives, Criminal Justice, Interviews with Staff, Interviews with Offenders