Press Clips

April 28, 2021

OJJDP Supports Youth During Reentry Week and Beyond

In recognition of Reentry Week 2021, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (O...

End "Stovepipe Approach" to Public Safety, State Officials Told

The Crime Report By Ted Gest To many Americans, “criminal justice reform” means addressing two prominent challenges: reining in abusive police o...

Opinion: Vermont Leads the Way on Juvenile Justice Reform

Bennington Banner By Sen. Dick Sears and Vincent Schiraldi Vermont recently became the first state in the 119-year history of America’s youth co...

The Sister of Second Chances

The New York Times By John Leland Venita Pinckney grew up around Catholic schools and churches, and she thought she knew about nuns. Then a smal...

Where ‘Returning Citizens’ Find Housing after Prison

Stateline By Teresa Wiltz For those who’ve been locked up in prison for years, finding a home on the outside can be rough. Parole restrictions m...

LIC Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Women Readjust

Queens Tribune By Jon Cronin Over the past 25 years, Hour Children, a nonprofit that aids formerly incarcerated women with children trying to ge...

An ‘Amazon’ Approach to Testing Criminal Justice Reforms

The Crime Report By Dane Stallone Analyzing whether new policies and practices to reform the criminal justice system actually work can be t...

Returning to a Real Home: Former Inmates Get Second Chance in Public Housing

The Guardian By Amy Lieberman Nearly 10 years in prison is long enough to make someone dependent on the basic necessities: food, housing and hea...

Reentry Center 'Grads' Share Struggles, Successes

Village Soup By Fran Gonzalez Four Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center graduates described their personal paths to sobriety and recovery ...

Why Reentry Programs? Why Now?

Houston Chronicle By Brooke A. Lewis and Maggie Gordon After decades of putting more and more people behind bars, the U.S. now has the world's h...

Reentry Population

Topics

Audiences