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Assessing risk and needs: What is the LSI-R?
In a majority of our reentry programs, GEO Reentry Services uses the LSI-R to assess participants’ criminogenic needs and recidivism risks. Treatment and intervention are then based on offenders’ LSI-R results. The LSI-R is a risk/needs assessment tool completed by

Erie Outpatient hosts graduation ceremony for participants
Erie Outpatient in Philadelphia celebrated its second graduation ceremony for participants who completed the drug and alcohol treatment program offered at the non-residential reentry service center on Sept. 29. The 14 participants who graduated from the six-month program of outpatient

Talbot Hall Residential Reentry Center focuses on vocational services
Vocational training is a critical element of successful reentry. Talbot Hall in Kearny, New Jersey, is a residential reentry center that proudly carries on its tradition of providing vocational training to residents with the introduction of two new resident seminars

ADAPPT staff and program participants walk for recovery in Berks County
Program participants and staff at ADAPPT, a residential reentry center in Reading, Pennsylvania, participated in the 20th Annual Berks County Recovery Walk and Soberstock hosted by the Council on Chemical Abuse and Easy Does It of Berks County. The inspirational

New Jersey residential reentry centers volunteer for Arm in Arm
Residents of Columbus House and Albert M. Bo Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center volunteered with Arm in Arm of Trenton, New Jersey, in August for a day of outdoor gardening. The residents put down soil and planted seeds for the

Reentrants in Pennsylvania’s ADAPPT program help to clean Reading
Reentrants who report to ADAPPT, a residential reentry and inpatient/outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program in Reading, Pennsylvania, recently took part in an annual citywide clean-up event to help beautify the city. The 15-person team was assigned a sector of