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On His Way Out, North Carolina Governor Expands Support for People Leaving Prison

An executive order directs state agencies to improve reentry services and fix a broken system that failed me and thousands of others released from prison into homelessness each year. Read Phillip Vance Smith II’s experience as he left incarceration to reenter...

Pitt Community College holds reentry simulation exercise

Pitt Community College and the Local Reentry Council provided Eastern Carolina leaders with a better understanding of the struggles those with criminal backgrounds face when reentering society Tuesday.

Dennis Gaddy to Attend the first ever Justice Votes 2020 Presidential Candidate Town Hall on October 28th

The Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples Family Movement (FICPFM) has selected Dennis Gaddy to receive a full travel and lodging scholarship to the first ever Justice Votes 2020 Presidential Candidate Town Hall on October 28th, More information can be...

[Register for Webinar] Risk-Need-Responsivity in Reentry: Effective Applications in Community Corrections

Hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s GAINS Center The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) principles have applications that help criminal justice programs support individuals with behavioral health needs across the sequential...

Minor Crimes Get ‘Clean Slate’ in Utah

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” thanks to Salt Lake County and the passing of House Bill 431. Utah is the second state (after Pennsylvania) to pass an...