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Incarceration
The reentry of serious, high-risk offenders into communities across the country
has long been the source of violent crime in the United States. As more than
630,000 offenders are released from prison every year, the problem of their
recidivism has become a crisis that affects all parts of a community. Fewer
than half of all released offenders stay out of trouble for at least 3 years
after their release from prison, and many of these offenders commit serious
and/or violent offenses while under parole supervision. This is a significant
problem because there were more than 652,000 adult offenders under State
parole supervision across the country at year end 2000
(Trends in State
Parole, 1990-2000, PDF format). |
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The purpose of the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program, established in
2003, is to make competitive grants to applicants serving urban, suburban,
rural, or tribal populations with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated
parents and to support the establishment and operation of mentoring programs. |
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To strengthen urban communities heavily impacted by returning non-violent
ex-offenders, the President’s Re-Entry Initiative takes an
employment-centered approach that incorporates housing, mentoring, and other
comprehensive services. At the federal level a team of federal and national
partners is facilitated by the Employment and Training Administration to
guide this collaborative process and insure ex-offenders have access to those
services necessary for them to successfully integrate into their communities
through employment.
List of partners
actively involved in this initiative. |
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Research indicates that proper management of reentry needs — such
as job skills, addiction treatment, and health care — could reduce
the crime rate and recidivism, and that the corresponding decrease in the
inmate population would result in considerable cost savings at all levels
of government. The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative —
which was developed by the U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
in conjunction with the federal partners — is a comprehensive effort
that addresses both juvenile and adult populations of serious, high-risk
offenders.
The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) Multi-site Evaluation
website provides detailed information regarding the evaluation activities
associated with the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative. RTI
International and the Urban Institute are conducting the comprehensive
implementation and impact evaluations and economic analysis. |
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Plenary Remarks by Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Children
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at the Serious
and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grantee Conference, September 30,
2002, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC. |
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SAMHSA's mission is to build resilience and facilitate recovery for people
with or at risk for substance abuse and mental illness.
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Since 1984, the Office of Justice Programs has provided federal leadership
in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, improve
the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increase knowledge about crime
and related issues, and assist crime victims.
The official statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. |
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This report summarizes an ASPE-convened symposium on developing strategies
to improve the marriages and family life of those incarcerated or returning
from a period of incarceration. Invited to the meeting were experts
with research and practice knowledge about incarceration and re-entry, marriage
strengthening, family processes and domestic violence. The symposium
discussion focused on 1) increasing understanding among the criminal justice
and marriage education disciplines about how these issues are viewed by each
discipline; 2) identifying practice needs and gaps to improve marriage outcomes
for these couples; and 3) reviewing research topics for improved understanding
of the efficacy of various interventions for this population. In addition
to the discussion synthesis, the report contains the Symposium agenda and
participants and a conference background paper. January, 2007.
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This project had four major components: first, commissioned papers to develop
a research and practice baseline about this high-risk, high-services use
population. Second, a state symposium held in November 2001 to gain insight
into how states are responding to these issues. Third, a national policy
conference held January 30-31, 2002, to discuss the papers and get feedback
from policy makers at the federal, state, and local level, from practitioners,
and from the research community. Fourth, a conference report to synthesize
key aspects of the state symposium discussions, conference proceedings, and
the research papers developed for it. |
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Violence and abuse affect all kinds of people every day. It doesn't matter
what race or culture you come from, how much money you have, or if you have
a disability. It is most common among women between ages 15 and 54, but it
can happen at any age. Learn more about how to know the signs of violence
and abuse. Learn how to stay safe. If you are being abused or have a loved
one who is abused, or think there is abuse, get help as soon as you can.
Remember abuse can be physical, mental, and emotional |
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The Council of State Governments (CSG) with funding from the
Department’s of Justice, Labor and Health and Human Services and
private entities established the Re-Entry Policy Council (RPC) in 2001 to
assist state government officials grappling with the increasing number of
people leaving prisons and jails to return to the communities they left behind.
A major goal of the RPC is to facilitate coordination and information-sharing
among organizations implementing re-entry initiatives, researching re-entry
trends, communicating about re-entry related issues, or funding re-entry
projects. Also see
http://consensusproject.org for
CSG sponsored information on the relationship between incarceration and mental
health. |
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The Safe Return Initiative — a partnership of the Vera Institute
of Justice and the Institute on Domestic
Violence in the African American Community (U.S. Department of
Justice) — addresses domestic violence among African-Americans
as prisoners reunite with their families. Through community education, training,
and on-site assistance, Safe Return helps professionals in criminal justice
agencies and community- and faith-based organizations who are involved in
the federal government's with support from the Office on Violence Against
Women with support from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative
develop responses to the difficult issues their clients experience. |
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Projects and reports on topics of interest. |
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