nonprofit research organization dedicated to improving outcomes for those in reentry. Their 5-Key Model is based on an extensive review of over 100,000 studies worldwide which found that, in general, there are five key ingredients to successful reentry: Healthy Thinking Patterns, Positive Relationships, Pos- itive Social Engagement, Meaningful Work Trajectories, and Effective Coping Strategies. There’s some really solid and evidence-based information worth
your time at https://wellbeingandequity.org/5-key-model/ . Five Things About Reentry. While we’re on the topic of “5,” check out this helpful summary from the Director of the National Institute of Justice about what the research shows about what’s working in reentry: https://www.ojp.gov/pdf- files1/nij/306482.pdf . In addition, check out the NIJ’s page that’s dedicated to reentry research: https://nij.ojp.gov/top- ics/corrections/reentry .
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Certified Recovery Congregations. The State of Tennessee’s Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has created an Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. They are helping train congregations to become Certified Recov- ery Congregations as well as providing modest funding to help underwrite those efforts. Find out more at https://www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/faith/ join.html . Interesting article: Time Well Spent: Misery, Meaning, and the Opportuni- ty of Incarceration. People often leave prison in worse shape than when they arrived, and, sometimes, they leave the same. People could leave prison better than when they arrived through a reimagined response to crime. They could be set up to live sustainable, fulfilling, and meaningful lives after prison. This approach would be informed by research on what makes for a meaningful life—regardless of whether a person has come into contact with the criminal justice system or not. Reimagined corrections could view time spent in pris-
on as an opportunity rather than solely as a punishment: an opportunity to repair harm, empower people, and promote public safety. Download the article by Dr. Kevin Wright of Arizona State University here: https://ccj.asu.edu/sites/default/files/wright_2020_time_ well_spent_pre-print.pdf
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Ready for a national firehose of information? The U.S. Dept. of Justice has been compiling data about reentry from across the country through the Na- tional Reentry Resource Center. Click on the following link to their homep- age and start exploring: https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/ . Piloting a Tool for Reentry: A Promising Approach to Engaging Family
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