life—regardless of whether a person has come into contact with the criminal justice system or not. Reimagined corrections could view time spent in prison 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 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 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-Reentry-Updated.pdf . SCAN QR WITH YOUR PHONE TO VIEW PDF SCAN QR WITH YOUR PHONE TO VIEW PDF
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-re- turning-home.pdf .
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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/
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