Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Policy statements, "each of which is a consensus-based principle that should be the underpinning of a re-entry initiative," are presented (p. xix). These 35 statements are organized into the following areas: getting started; addressing core challenges; admission to the facility; prison- and jail-based programming; making the release decision; managing the key transition period; community supervision; and elements of effective social service systems. Appendixes provide: information about programs cited as examples in this report; a chart of status of parole by state; an explanation of justice mapping; voting restrictions for people with felony convictions; and a glossary.
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