This article provides a cost-benefit analysis of the Maryland Reentry Partnership Initiative, and compares outcomes of prisoners who received the program, and those that did not. The Urban Institute evaluated the program’s outcomes by looking at…

This article from the Urban Institute provides community organizations with information on effectively disseminating reentry mapping and analysis. Based on the experience of Reentry Mapping Network sites, this brief offers recommendations on how…

This resource from the Urban Institute provides information on how to address prisoner reentry issues through mapping and analysis of neighborhood-level data. Through mapping data, local officials and stakeholders can improve service delivery to…

From the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, this report highlights reasons to engage incarcerated parents and their children in programs to help support reunification. The authors offer recommendations to help balance addressing…

Ready4Work is a demonstration project through the Department of Labor, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Ford Foundation to provide services to ex-prisoners. The program is designed to meet the needs of this population, as well as examine…

The Urban Institute and Winston Salem State University surveyed Weed and Seed sites around the country to review the extent to which Weed and Seed sites are engaged in prisoner reentry efforts. This report summarizes the ways that Weed and Seed…

This research brief from the Urban Institute describes preliminary findings from a study of the experiences of prisoners returning home to areas around Cleveland. Providing a broad range of reentry challenges, authors examine potential factors…

This Web article features Polk County Decategorization that works in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Corrections and administers the youthful offender portion of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Grant. The program provides a…

600,000 people on average are released from prison every year, and face multiple barriers as they reenter society. This paper outlines research on employment-focused prisoner reentry programs and provides information on current evaluations on…

This report, from the Urban Institute, describes incarceration and prisoner reentry trends in Philadelphia between 1996 and 2003. By reviewing characteristics of individuals returning to the community, this study provides insight on challenges…