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Issues to Consider Before Launching an After-Care Facility for Ex-Offenders: This checklist of questions will help practitioners hone in on key issues to think through before starting an after-care facility.
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Recommended Books
From the Inside Out: Coming Home from Prison to the Islamic Faith: This report explores the involvement of Islamic organizations in prisoner rehabilitation programs. It describes several programs and the recommendations developed from them to improve prisoner support services.
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At a Glance, Coming Home: Read this report to get an overview of how incarceration is affecting prisoners and their spouses, children, and communities as well as the role of the faith community in serving this group.
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Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prison Reentry Programs: Free video depicting well-established and successful reentry programs from around the country.
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Basic Steps in Starting an Ex-Offender Ministry: This brief checklist provides a quick overview of the essential steps in launching a new outreach to ex-offenders.
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Corrections Today Magazine (April 2005): A professional publication of the American Correctional Association, this issue focuses on prisoner reentry.
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Recommended Links
Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center: JJEC assists juvenile justice practitioners, policymakers, and state agency administrators to assess and evaluate programs and initiatives.
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Christian Association for Prison Aftercare: CAPA is a national professional prison aftercare association that is designed to provide prison aftercare professionals and volunteers with resources, training, and encouragement as they faithfully serve ex-prisoners and their families.
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American Correctional Association: The American Correctional Association serves all aspects of the corrections field and is a resource for corrections professionals that provides opportunities such as networking, professional development, consulting, and research.
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Legal Action Center: The Legal Action Center works to remove unreasonable legal roadblocks to successful prisoner reentry.
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International Network of Prison Ministries: The organization provides a directory of prison-related ministries so that inmates and their families will have easy access to support; it also promotes networking among ministries.
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 Reentry Policy Council: This organization was established by the Council of State Governments to provide bipartisan policy recommendations to address reentry issues. It also coordinates information-sharing among organizations implementing reentry initiatives, conducting research, and funding reentry projects.
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Urban Institute: The Justice Policy Center of the Urban Institute conducts nonpartisan research on issues related to crime, justice and public safety.
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Forum for Reentry and Community Economic Development: Forum for Reentry and Community Economic Development: FRCED is a project of the National Congress for Community Economic Development aimed at equipping communities to provide quality services to ex-offenders, enabling them to successfully transition back into the community and contribute to the economic growth of the community.
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