Re-entry Programs

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010
Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

Looking Back, Moving Forward (JM-Spring 2010)

April 23, 2010
This issue we are Looking Back at where we've been as an organization and exploring the road ahead as we are Moving Forward.

In this issue:

VIDEO: Getting Out of Prison: Vanguard

March 25, 2010
Laura Ling, of Vanguard, follows several prisoners out of prison and the struggles and obstacles they face to be successful. (Vanguard)

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    • Mentor Program Celebrates Ten Years of Service

    December 7, 2009
    PSJ work-study intern shares her experience with the Mentor Program, part of Portland's Central City Concern.

    Article by Tammy Wilkins

    “Almost the entire room rose in thunderous applause…”

    Portland Event - Transitions from Prison to Community

    November 11, 2009
    Join the Real Wealth of Portland Saturday, November 14, 1:00 - 5:00 for Relationships Matter: Transitions from Prison to Community MACE (Mallory Avenue Community Enrichment Center), 126 N.E. Alberta St., Portland

    The Real Wealth of Portland

    Giving Visibility and Value to our Caring Economic System
    Join us Saturday, November 14

    Prison re-entry programs grow as correctional costs soar

    October 6, 2009
    In a state that spends more on incarceration than higher education, re-entry programs in Oregon may be the key to preventing former prisoners from going back behind bars. (The Oregonian)

    Prison re-entry programs grow as correctional costs soar

    Governor’s Re-Entry Council – One Year Old and Counting

    September 3, 2009
    A a summary of "One Year Later," a report from the Governor's Re-Entry Council, outlining its accomplishments and plans for work in 2009.

    In May of 2007, Oregon’s Governor Ted Kulongoski signed an Executive Order creating the Re-entry Council.

    Oregon Creates Re-entry Website

    August 10, 2009
    The Oregon Department of Corrections has created a new "one- stop" Web site aimed at providing information to help newly released offenders make successful transitions from prison to community life. (Statesman Journal)

    August 10, 2009

    State creates prisoner re-entry Web site

    Prisoner Support Directory

    May 19, 2009
    Updated annually by PSJ, the Prisoner Support Directory contains national and northwest regional resources for incarcerated people.

    Updated annually by PSJ, the Prisoner Support Directory contains national and northwest regional resources for incarcerated peop

    Realistic Re-Entry: Interviews with 2 Former Prisoners

    January 1, 2005
    An interview with Board member, Madeleine Dennis, who has served time in the Federal system, and since coming out on parole in 2000, has helped prisoners with transition from prison and jail to the community here in Portland, Oregon.
    Interview by Kathleen Pequeño
    The problems of facing individuals re-entering the community, and the problems facing the transition/re-entry system are so numerous we c
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