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Fostering an individual's successful transition from prison life to mainstream society can be a real challenge, and requires the development of mutually beneficial relationships with local government...
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UCLA law students and the community organization A New Way of Life join forces on the Prisoner Re-entry Initiative supporting former prisoners in restoring their lives and, in turn, stimulating...
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This video addresses one of the core challenges of reentry: educating the public about the issue and the benefits of successful reentry initiatives for public safety and the community in general....
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This video explores the various legal barriers that make it difficult for returning ex-offenders to succeed in their reentry efforts. The discussion includes the latest legislative changes being made...
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This video focuses on the many challenges facing mentally ill ex-offenders upon reentry, and highlights model programs that offer treatment services. Recorded 4/30/07 by the National Crime Prevention...
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This video discusses using mapping to analyze crime and other community data to study reentry issues at a localized, neighborhood level. It also explores mapping as a way to determine how to best...
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This video discusses important topics on recruiting VISTAs, utilizing them to set up and administer reentry programs, and how VISTAs can recruit and manage additional volunteers. Recorded by the...
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This video focuses on restorative reentry, and uses a successful program in Vermont as a real-life example. The presentation covers the basics of restorative justice as well as specifics for...
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This video focuses on prisoner reentry and service, specifically the Weed & Seed/VISTA initiative programs. The presentation states that the development of strong partnerships, shared resources,...
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This video gives leaders and communities a view of a reentry framework for a restorative justice community. The presentation discusses its three primary applications, all of which are web-based,...
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This video covers the basic facts about child support and how it can affect reentry efforts. The session offers questions to ask the parent to determine if there is a child support case, the steps to...
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This course is designed to assist private, nonprofit, and faith-based organizations as well as federal, state, and local agencies in applying to sponsor AmeriCorps*VISTA members. Members will serve...
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This manual provides a guide to incorporate behavior management concepts within the primary roles and responsibilities of supervision staff. Its goal is to put the evidence-based practice literature...
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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...
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Over nine million people pass through America's local jails each year and these individuals often receive little in the way of services, support, or supervision as they leave jail and reenter the...
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Discover what correctional facilities and correctional departments around the country are using to rehabilitate inmates. InsideOut Dad™ is a fatherhood reentry program designed to connect inmates to...
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The Justice Center, with funding support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice and the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Department of Labor,...
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Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) has worked for social justice for over three decades. MUM is an interfaith coalition of congregations and individuals of all beliefs.
The organization began as an...
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Amicus is a Minnesota not-for-profit organization with over 41 years of experience in improving public safety by helping inmates and ex-offenders through positive relationship-building, restorative...
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The Justice Mapping Center uses computer mapping and other graphical depictions of quantitative data to analyze and communicate social policy information. Our approach is based on the plain fact that...