Other Re-entry Issues

Innovative Program Helps Native Women Transition Out of Prison

December 5, 2011
Red Lodge Transition Services supports Oregon's incarcerated Native women and helps them reenter society. Their innovative methods, including the establishment of a Native American Prison Art Project, have helped to prevent intergenerational incarceration (Indian Country Today Media Network).

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    • Right on Crime: The Conservative Movement Towards Criminal Justice Reform

    April 15, 2011
    PSJ Executive Director David Rogers examines the "Right on Crime" movement - conservative politicians and others who are newly calling for criminal justice reform, finally agreeing that we can no longer afford unlimited spending on prisons and incarceration as the #1 answer to public safety.

    by David Rogers

    Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community

    November 8, 2010

    Re-entry success or failure has implications for public

    Re-Entry: What It Is and Why It Matters

    November 8, 2010
    Re-entry success or failure has implications for public safety, the welfare of children, family unification, growing fiscal issues, and community health.

    Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility (Pew Report)

    November 8, 2010
    To what extent does incarceration create lasting barriers to economic progress for formerly incarcerated people, their families and their children? What do these barriers mean for the American Dream, given the explosive growth of the prison population?

    Currently 2.3 million Americans are behind bars, equaling more than 1 in 100 adults.

    The City of Roses Resource Fair at Pioneer Courthouse Square

    August 3, 2010
    PSJ was one of the organizations providing information and resources at the City of Roses Resource Fair in Pioneer Courthouse Square, an day-long event full of music and information for folks re-entering their communities after having been in prison or for those who are homeless.

    Drug Control Policy Director Talks Prevention

    July 16, 2010
    Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama's National Director of Drug Control Policy, talks to NPR about the "war on drugs." Treatment is much more effective than incarceration, he says, and costs half as much.

    Click below to listen to Gil Kerlikowske talk about his approach to drug policy with NPR's Michel Martin.

    I'm a criminal and so are you

    May 25, 2010
    Michelle Alexander sees herself as a criminal and suggests that most of us are - though we may not have been caught breaking the law. Yet, we're still criminals, no better than many of those who've been branded felons for life. (CNN)
    By Michelle Alexander, Special to CNN
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