Community-Based Prisoner Re-entry Solutions That Work Project Re-entry is made possible through a partnership between the Criminal Justice Department of Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments & Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc & ReDirections of Rockingham County, Inc & Tri County Industries
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Community-Based Prisoner Re-entrySolutions That Work
Project Re-entry is made possible through a partnership between theCriminal Justice Department of
Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments &
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc&
ReDirections of Rockingham County, Inc&
Tri County Industries
What is Project Re-entry?
Our Mission: To establish a coordinated system of pre- and post-release services for offenders between the NC Dept.
of Correction, community resource agencies, the OneStop systems, faith-based initiatives, employers,
community residents and formerly incarcerated persons to improvereintegration for formerly incarcerated persons, reduce criminal justice costs and increase public safety.
One Stop System (JobLink) Local Substance Abuse & Mental Health Providers Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Social Services Employment Security Commission
Volunteers Local Law Enforcement Workforce Development Public Transportation Transitional Housing
It’s Not Just Another Program Division of Community Correction Community Residents Division of Prisons Formerly Incarcerated Persons Community College System Child Support Enforcement Health Department
Family Services Community Resource Councils Churches and Faith Based Initiatives Goodwill Industries of NW NC Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
County Expansion July 1, 2008County Expansion July 1, 2007
Pilot County and Facility July 1, 2003
Current Pre-Release Facilities
Buncombe Correctional Center Caswell Correctional Center Craggy Correctional Center Dan River Prison Work Farm Davidson Correctional Center Forsyth Correctional Center Fountain Correctional Center for Women Greene Correctional Institution
Greene Correctional Institution Guilford Correctional Center (closed 10/09) North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women Piedmont Correctional Institution Piedmont Correctional Institution Minimum Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women Wilkes Correctional Center
Meeting the needs of all involved in a unified approach
PSN Project Re-entry
Both Projects have similar goals which include: Improve the reintegration for formerly incarcerated
persons Increase public safety
Both Projects work with the same people, except: Over 80% of NC releases are not supervised Many who may qualify to be notified, are not eligible
because they are not on supervision
Why Combine Efforts?
Established a PSN-Reentry Subcommittee Applied the David Kennedy’s violence reduction focused deterrence model
Used nine sites within the PSN Middle District of NC since 1998 including High Point Focused on chronic offenders, gangs and youth group
related robberies to reduce violence in drug markets (Drug Market Intervention (DMI))
Integrate with Project Re-entry Programming Established pre-release programming in pilot prison facility since 2003 Earned immediate post-release services from both programs
How We Did It
PSN-Reentry Inside Notification
Criteria for selection:
Felon Charges not convictions
Ages 18-30 - Anything above the age of 30 would be on a case-by-case basis
Violent Crime Charge - With robbery as the key charge
Gun charge/or use - If a gun was used somewhere in their criminal charge
history
Gang Association/Security Threat – If they are or not
Up to 18 months prior to release
Being released to a county that has a PSN and Project Re-entry presence