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Report highlights reduced criminal thinking at GEO Reentry’s Leidel residential reentry center
An outcomes report released by GEO Reentry Services and conducted with the cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons suggests that the company’s residential reentry treatment programming leads to a

Council of state governments releases reentry planning checklist for correctional facilities
The Council of State Governments recently released a checklist to guide reentry planning during the COVID-19 outbreak, as many communities work to reduce their correctional populations so that staff and

Despite COVID-19, reentry participants continue positive steps
Even with social distancing in place, facilities sheltering at home, and in-person meetings cancelled, GEO Reentry Services programs in most locations are continuing to help participants stay clean and sober,

Leidel Residential Reentry Center
The Leidel Residential Reentry Center provides transitional services for males and females returning from prison. These services focus on reducing criminal thinking and enhancing successful reentry to community life. This

San Francisco reentry program participants volunteer for neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19
Program participants at the Taylor Street Residential Reentry Services Center in San Francisco have been stepping up to assist the local community in the fight against COVID-19.

Covington Day Reporting Center, local Target team up to send donations to program participants
When people are experiencing uncertainty, it can often be the smallest gesture that makes the biggest impact. During the COVID-19 public health crisis, the staff of the Covington Day Reporting

For participants, the Santa Ana Day Reporting Center helps open the door to college
In accordance with its mission to help the formerly incarcerated restart their lives, the Santa Ana Day Reporting Center in Santa Ana, California regularly collaborates with Santa Ana College and

Napa County reentry roundtable promotes community links
The Napa County Community Corrections Service Center recently held a reentry roundtable event that brought together a range of community partners with a similar mission: serving and protecting the residents

Leadership recognition dinner honors central region program managers
Staff from several of GEO Reentry’s Central Region non-residential centers received credit for their achievements of the past year at a recent leadership recognition dinner in Chicago. Staff members from

GEO Reentry’s ADAPPT joins SAFE Berks in support of victim advocacy
The GEO Alcohol and Drug Addiction Parole and Probation Treatment Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, or ADAPPT, hosted a dinner on March 4 to support victim advocacy, which was organized in

NJ Community Resource Centers
In addition to other reentry initiatives, the New Jersey State Parole Board funds Community Resource Centers where parolee reentry services are delivered. GEO Reentry operates five of these NJ CRC

Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center celebrates February with a Black History Month lesson
In celebration of Black History Month, the Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center in East St. Louis hosted a presentation by Tony Chestang, president of the Montford Point Marine Association, about the

Kern County DRC graduates 24 reentry program participants
A graduation ceremony was held recently for 24 male and female participants who completed the program offered by GEO Reentry Services at the Kern County Day Reporting Center in Bakersfield,

Tully House conducts prosocial activities over Valentine’s for teambuilding and socialization
Residents at Tully House Residential Reentry Center in Newark, New Jersey, a program operated by GEO Reentry Services, took part in a range of creative, prosocial activities during the month

GEO Reentry residents graduate from InsideOut Dad® program for fathers
The Harbor, a residential reentry center operated by GEO Reentry Services and located in Newark, N.J., held a graduation ceremony on February for 17 residents who successfully completed the InsideOut

GEO Reentry Services earns CARF accreditation for 5 NJ reentry centers
A CARF three-year accreditation has been awarded to five GEO Reentry non-residential reentry programs in New Jersey, signifying that these providers have met the nonprofit accreditation organization’s internationally recognized quality

Clark County Detention Center
To help prepare inmates for successful reentry, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department opened an in-custody reentry program in the Clark County Detention Center for inmates nearing the end of

Annual report indicates positive behavioral outcomes for in-prison program participants at Clark County Detention Center
An annual outcomes report released by GEO Reentry Services indicates that the company’s in-jail treatment programming at the Clark County Detention Center (CCDC) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is delivering positive

Clark County reentry program graduates largest class ever
GEO Reentry Services and Clark County Detention Center hosted a graduation in November for the Las Vegas-based In-Jail Treatment Program, honoring 23 men and women who completed the program. It

New report indicates GEO Reentry service centers help curb recidivism in Illinois
A new study released by GEO Reentry Services indicates that, for Illinois parolees, reentry service centers (RSCs) are more effective at reducing recidivism than traditional parole supervision. The study, titled

GEO Reentry’s alumni and staff volunteer as part of MLK Day
Every year on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, GEO Reentry Services staff and alumni in New Jersey gather to honor the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. The holiday