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Preparing Prisoners For Employment: the Power of Small Rewards
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - May, 2009
Putting Public Safety First: 13 Strategies for Successful Supervision and Reentry
The PEW Center on the States - December, 2008
Life after Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community
The Urban Institute - May, 2008
Keynote Remarks of Senator Jim Webb
December 5, 2008
Delivered at The Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project policy discussion entitled "From Prison to Work: Overcoming Barriers to Reentry."
Offender Reentry: What It Means to the Law Enforcement Community
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr., Sheriff Magazine - 2008
The Elements in Inmate Re-entry
By Paul Sheehan, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services - 2008
Supportive Housing Not Always Available to Ex-Prisoners
By Bendix Anderson, Affordable Housing Finance - October, 2008
Interactive Reentry Planning Tool
The Council of State Governments Justice Center presents a web-based tool to help criminal justice professionals effectively plan for prisoner reentry.
Building Programs that Recognize Families' Role in Reentry
By Mike Bobbitt and Marta Nelson, Vera Institute of Justice - 2004
Reentry: Reversing Mass Imprisonment
By Bruce Western, Boston Review - 2008
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Corrections: The Principles of Effective Intervention
Crime & Justice Institute - 2004
The Second Chance Act and the Future of the Reentry Movement
A publication of the Marquette University Law School - 2007
From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
A publication of the Urban Institute - 2001
Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities (pdf)
Part of a series from the Technical Assistance Resource Center of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
American Bar Association Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions
Six sets of policy recommendations relating to legal barriers to reentry. A publication of the American Bar Association.
ComALERT: A Prosecutor's Collaborative Model for Ensuring a Successful Transition from Prison to the Community
By Charles, J. Hynes, Journal of Court Innovations - 2008
Relief From The Collateral Consequences Of A Criminal Conviction: A State-By-State Resource Guide
A publication of the Sentencing Project - 2005
Engaging Communities: An Essential Ingredient to Offender Reentry
By Reginald Wilkinson
The Invisible Tenant
A Family Justice Publication - March 2005
Coming Home: Building on Family Connections
A Family Justice Publication
As published in Corrections Management Quarterly, 2001.
Making the Juvenile Justice-Workforce System Connection for Re-entering Young Offenders
Center or Law and Social Policy
November 2006
WPA Housing Toolkit
The WPA toolkit offers help in finding housing solutions for ex-offenders reentry society.
Reentry and Reintegration: The Road to Public Safety
June 24, 2006
A publication of The New York Bar Association.
It's Freedom Day (Now Find a Job)
Ron Humphrey, Inside Journal
Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs
Urban Institute
In Thinking About 'What Works,' What Works Best?
Urban Institute
Invisible Punishment: An Instrument of Social Exclusion
Urban Institute
Invisible Punishment: Block Housing, Education and Voting
Sentencing Project
Prisoners Reentering the Community
Sentencing Project
Books
When Prisoners Return - by Pat Nolan
Click here for a review of the book
No Life Left Behind: Best Practices for Successful Faith-Based Reentry Programs
Rev. Stephen Tucker
Tools
Model Principles of Reentry
Developed by Justice Fellowship to assist legislators and government officials to better prepare inmates for return to their communities.
A Layman’s Guide to Employer Resources for Reentry
offers a brief overview of tax incentives and bond opportunities for employers seeking to provide employment opportunities to ex-offenders.
Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Reentry Programs
provides guidelines and recommendations intended to increase the benefits of mentoring adults within reentry programs.
Ready4Reentry: A Prisoner Reentry Toolkit
provides faith-based/community initiatives direction for creating or enhancing their prisoner reentry program.
National Reentry Resource Directory
A listing of resources by state for offenders reentering the community and their families.
Preparing Prisoners for Reentry
A publication of the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation - 2007
Building an Offender Reentry Program: A Guide for Law Enforcement
A publication of the Dept of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance - 2007
Preventing Homelessness Among People Leaving Prison
A publication of the VERA Institute - 2007
Repaying Debts
A 2007 publication of the Council of State Governments
Benefits of Employment
Hiring Ex-Offenders & the Benefits of Employment
America Works' Criminal Justice Program: Providing Second Chances Through Work (pdf) This article highlights an excellent employment program for ex-offenders - 2002
The Office of Justice Programs Employment Services website has many useful publications on the key role of employment in the reentry process.
Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising - 1997
Employment Dimensions of Reentry
The Urban Institute - 2003
Missouri's Model Employment Program
Program overview - 2003
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