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Reentry

The process of re-entering society after a period of incarceration.

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  • The Impact of Employment Restriction Laws on Illinois’ Convicted Felons (2016)

    Using the ABA database, Authority researchers examined Illinois state employment statutes to shed light on the impact of collateral consequences on

  • 5-Key Model for Reentry

    A collection of 5-Key Model for Reentry resources, from the Institute for Justice Research and Development.

  • Rethinking reentry: An AEI working group summary (2019)

    On December 11, 2018, American Enterprise Institute Resident Fellow Brent Orrell and Minnesota Department of Corrections Director of Research Grant

  • Recent Changes in Corrections and Reentry: Thoughts from Two Leaders in the Field (2019)

    National Institute of Justice - Youtube Video (2:29 minutes)

  • Co-Design of Services for Health and Reentry (CO-SHARE): An Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD) Pilot Study with Individuals Returning to Community from Jail and Service Providers in Los Angeles County (2019)

    Individuals returning to the community from jail often face difficulties accessing the varied health, social, and other services required to improv

  • Evaluating Reentry Programs Using Data and Science (2019)

    National Institute of Justice - Video (1:50 minutes)

  • Financially Sustaining Behavioral Health-Criminal Justice Programs (2021)

    For jurisdictions implementing behavioral health-criminal justice programs to help minimize justice involvement among people with mental illnesses

  • Extensive Evaluation Work Facilitates Reentry into the Community

  • Supporting America’s Aging Prisoner Population

    The aging of the prison population has implications for the quality and type of services they receive in the correctional system, as well as for reentry services since the vast majority of prisoners return to the community at some point. This paper notes many of the needs of aging individuals as they move through the justice system.

  • Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit (2020)

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a U.S.