Two important new resources on jail reentry have been released today by the Urban Institute.  To help prepare inmates to transition from jail to the community, guidance is provided by The Jail Administrator's Toolkit for Reentry, which the Urban Institute describes as follows:

"Geared toward jail practitioners who are working to improve reentry in their jurisdictions, The Jail Administrator's Toolkit for Reentry provides key elements of the reentry process from jail staff issues and assessment screens to identifying community resources and coordinating stakeholders. The Toolkit also offers examples and materials taken from around the country to assist jail practitioners in developing reentry strategies that can serve a variety of jail populations, whether pretrial or sentenced, and in a variety of jail jurisdictions."

Also new is Life After Lockup:  Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community, which "synthesizes key findings from the Jail Reentry Roundtable and examines opportunities on the jail-to-community continuum where reentry-focused interventions can make a difference."