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by Thomas P. O’Connor According to the psychological literature, people typically follow one of three paths to create meaning in their lives and feel connected: a humanist approach (H), a spiritual approach (S), or a religious approach (R). Some studies have found that the practice of spirituality...
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Recently, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center was involved in a daunting task: preparing and mailing over 1,800 copies of the new Thinking for a Change 3.1 resource pack in a single day. Several NIC Academy staff volunteered to help, including Bernie Iszler, former probation...
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Join this free webinar hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center . The webinar, Learning from People Who Succeed Upon Release , will focus on individual success stories from the reentry population, identifying themes and specific individualized strategies for what works. “Details from the...
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Attend live in DC or remotely join this webcast sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Reentry Through Employment: A Comprehensive Approach to Reintegrating the Formerly Incarcerated . This webinar will address “successful state and local approaches to reentry, challenges to reentry for special...
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Join this free webinar, The What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse: A New Tool for Understanding Reentry Research . This webinar is based on a project funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Second Chance Act and will be available on the National Reentry Resource Center website. The Clearinghouse...
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Updated 7/18, 7/17: Questions and Answers appended The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals interested in entering into a 30-month cooperative agreement to assist at least two California counties with the implementation of the “Transition...
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On June 21, the RAND Corporation will be presenting on the topic of “Prisoner Reentry and Public Health: Is Your State Ready?”. About the Program From California to New York, Texas to Michigan, a record number of convicted criminals, roughly 700,000 each year, are reentering the general population...
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Join the conference, “Meeting the Reentry Needs of Women: Policies, Programs and Practices”, coming this month in Washington, DC. The conference is sponsored by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) . The purpose of this conference is to discuss strategies...
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This DC Public Radio program interviews Nancy G. La Vigne, Director, Justice Policy Center of The Urban Institute. The topic is “ Research on Women Offenders ” as documented by “Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry,” which represents the only published...
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By Donald Coffey and Joel F. Botner, Re-Entry Unit, Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, Miami, Florida In this article, Coffey and Botner share some of Miami-Dade County's "lessons learned" in working with jail inmates who are veterans. They discuss: - The challenges...
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On January 31, the Bureau of Justice Assistance's National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) and the Department of Justice's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will be holding a free webinar on faith-based approaches to offender reentry. From BJA’s announcement...
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Second Chance Act Demonstration Field Experiment: Fostering Desistance through Effective Supervision Grants.gov number assigned to announcement: BJA-2012-3115 Due date: February 23, 2012, 11:59 p.m. eastern time The Bureau of Justice Assistance , in a collaborative effort with the National Institute...
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On Friday, November 18, 2011, President Obama's signing of the “minibus” appropriations bill restored funding for the Second Chance Act in the amount of $63 million. The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) was first signed into law in April, 2008 and was designed to improve outcomes for...
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Attend this free seminar on October 24th in Washington, DC. Going Home (or Not): How Residential Change Might Help Former Offenders Stay Out of Prison , is the latest offering of the NIJ Seminar Series, Research for the Real World. From NIJ News: Many former prisoners return home to the same neighborhood...
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Take the time to register for NIC’s live satellite/Internet broadcast, “Offender Employment Retention: Worth the Work”. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than 700,000 individuals are released from prisons yearly—with an additional 9 million adults cycling through...