Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs

This Urban Institute report, Outside the Walls, provides descriptions of a broad array of prisoner reentry activity across the country, as well as briefing papers that discuss what is known about reentry as it pertains to employment, health, housing, family, faith, and public safety. The report is produced in collaboration with Outreach Extensions as part of the National Media Outreach Campaign, a new effort to encourage discussion and decision-making about solution-based prisoner reentry programs among local community and faith-based organizations. The report scans reentry programs that are addressing the needs and risks facing returning prisoners, their families, and communities.