Members. This 2011 publication from the Vera Institute for Justice outlines some surprising and hopeful statistics about the role that family members and supportive friends can play in the reentry process. It’s worth checking out at: https://vera-institute.files.svdcdn.com/production/ downloads/publications/Piloting-a-Tool-for-Reen- try-Updated.pdf .
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Looking for more insight from returning citizens? In 2006, the Urban Institute released the results of a study involving interviews with male prisoners before and after their release from state prisons. Check out Ohio Prisoners’ Reflections on Returning Home at: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publica- tion/42936/311272-ohio-prisoners-reflections-on-returning-home.pdf . Organizations worth checking out. • Vera Institute: https://www.vera.org/ • Prison Policy Initiative: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/ • The Sentencing Project: https://www.sentencingproject.org/ • Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.org/criminal-justice-reform/ • Reentry 2030: https://reentry2030.org/ • U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, a reliable resource for information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government: https://bjs.ojp.gov/ SCAN QR WITH YOUR PHONE TO VIEW PDF
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