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Pomona Day Reporting Center hosts transition celebration for participants
The Pomona Day Reporting Center in Pomona, California recently hosted an in-person transition celebration honoring nearly 40 parolees who successfully completed the DRC’s intensive evidence-based reentry program designed to prepare them to return to their communities as productive citizens. GEO
Council of State Governments reports on employment barriers for former offenders
The Council of State Governments recently published “After the Sentence, More Consequences: A National Report of Barriers to Work,” a 32-page report that examines the struggles millions of former offenders face in finding employment due to existing U.S. statutes and
Cambria County RSC hosts summer transition celebration for participants
The Cambria County Reentry Service Center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania recently hosted a summer transition celebration to honor 38 probationers who successfully completed the center’s intensive evidence-based reentry program. GEO Reentry Services runs the Cambria County RSC, a non-residential reentry center,
Good Samaritan alert: Taylor Street participant helps initiate water rescue
Every day, Jason Carpenter, Program Manager for the Taylor Street Center in San Francisco, California, sees positive examples that combat stereotypes many have of parolees. The most recent involves Taylor Street participant Joe Rodriguez, who helped initiate a water rescue
Belleville Juvenile RSC participant achieves dream of graduating high school
When he was first referred to the Belleville Juvenile Reentry Service Center, participant Elijah T. was resistant to the program, but ultimately persevered and achieved his goal: graduating from high school. Due to the pandemic, Elijah received services by phone
Therapy dog Visits Delaney Hall’s female residents
The women’s program at Delaney Hall Residential Reentry Center in Newark, New Jersey recently played host to a very special visitor: therapy dog Allie of Morris Plains-based nonprofit Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs, along with her handler, Paula Lopez. Staff