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All GEO Reentry Services reentry programs use the best available curriculum founded on evidence-based practices for a variety of needs including anger management, substance abuse, criminal thinking, parenting skills, life

Community Connections is a formal GEO Reentry Services program that connects day reporting center participants with appropriate local resources that help stabilize life in the community. The program is a

Gathering useful recidivism data is a key step in creating smart policies that work to reduce recidivism throughout the United States, but according to the Urban Institute states need guidance

Fall transition celebrations have begun for several California day reporting centers operated by GEO Reentry Services. The celebrations honor graduates who have completed GEO Reentry’s intensive day reporting programs designed

Napa, Calif.—Oct. 16, 2014—GEO Reentry Services, which partners with the Napa County Probation Department to manage the county’s intensive day reporting program at the Community Corrections Service Center, is giving

This fall, more than 100 probationers will graduate from one of six Treatment for Effective Community Supervision Service Centers, run by GEO Reentry Services in partnership with the North Carolina

GEO Reentry Services recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of GEO Reality House, a residential program in Brownsville, Texas. The anniversary was commemorated by a celebratory luncheon, featured in The Brownsville

The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved the Second Chance Reauthorization Act, which would extend the Second Chance Act for an additional four years. The act, authored by U.S. Sens. Patrick

GEO Reentry Services recently hosted an open house at the Lycoming County Reentry Service Center, an intensive reentry program created in partnership with Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, that is set to

The National Institute of Justice recently released a report on the impact of “prison cycling,”—the flow of inmates into and out of prison—on crime rates in communities. The report found

Merced County is partnering with GEO Reentry Services to launch three new programs designed to help reduce pressure on the county jail and offer effective alternatives to detention. The programs

A new report by the Public Policy Institute of California has found that recidivism outcomes are better for offenders in the Post-Release Community Supervision population in counties that emphasize reentry

The GEO Group, the parent company of GEO Reentry Services, recently honored the Franklin County Day Reporting Center with the Chairman’s Best in Class Award. The award recognizes Franklin County’s

Now that the effects of California’s historic AB 109 legislation are starting to be measured and examined, a respected authority on the matter—Stanford law professor Joan Petersilia—has contributed her thoughts

The new Richmond City Justice Center opened recently to more empty beds than necessary, which is good news for a city with a history of jail overcrowding. The reduction is

The Richmond Day Reporting Center, which opened in March, is already seeing successes with program participants. The DRC complements the city’s new 1,032-bed jail and is designed to help overcrowding

The Vera Institute of Justice recently identified the criminal justice trends found in legislation enacted in 2013, including support of the reentry of offenders into the community. The nonprofit organization

The American Probation and Parole Association, in collaboration with the Council of State Governments Justice Center, is looking for focus group participants to provide feedback on the tools necessary to

Lycoming County commissioners approved an award for GEO Reentry Services to open and operate a Reentry Service program in Williamsport for non-violent adult probationers and parolees beginning in September.  GEO

A recent NPR article highlights the growing push, even amongst initially resistant states, for alternatives to detention. The piece focuses primarily on Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in

A new study published by the nonprofit Public Policy Institute of California has found that the post-Public Safety Realignment period has greatly reduced state prison population counts but not caused