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When Pre-Release Optimism Meets Post-Release Reality: Understanding Reentry Success Through a Longitudinal Framework Assessing Pre- and Post-Release Perceptions

In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
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The Frontiers of Dignity: Clean Slate and Other Criminal Record Reforms in 2022

This report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC) explores key developments in reintegration reforms during 2022. The body of the re...

Coordination to Reduce Barriers to Reentry: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Beyond

According to this report to Congress from the Reentry Coordination Council, each year, about 600,000 people in the United States enter prisons; and ...

FY 2020 Report to the Committees on Appropriations Formerly Incarcerated Women and Reentry: Trends, Challenges, and Recommendations for Research and Policy

This report from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) responds to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committees on Appropriations directive to cond...

United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland: Reentry Resource Guide by County

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. Returning citiz...

Ready & Resilient: Qualitative Findings from Life Story Interviews with Vocational and Life Skills Program Participants

This report from the Nebraska Center for Justice Research summarizes a research project that explored the lives of individuals who ...

Justice-Involved Veterans Compendium Project

The Justice-Involved Veterans Compendium Project from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a series of publications intended to assist corre...
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Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption, and the Effects on Communities

As this report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights details, each year, federal and state prisons release more than 620,000 people to return ...

Demonstrating the Value of Recovery Housing: Expert Panel Findings Report 

In January 2021, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing with funding from the Opioid Response Network (ORN) hosted a technical expert panel (TEP)...

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