GEO Reentry Services would like to congratulate Emanuel “Chris” Welch, newly elected Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and the state’s first Black Speaker. Speaker Welch, who has shared
The Council of State Governments Justice Center recently published “Mentoring as a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field,” a 45-page report exploring the practical elements and benefits of
The Council of State Governments Justice Center recently launched Justice Counts, a new initiative to help policymakers and criminal justice practitioners make better decisions about public safety using data. In
Increased reliance on communication with clients through remote means, such as phone calls or videoconferencing, is one of many ways the pandemic has forced the community corrections field to reconfigure
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
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
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
Texas State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. recently visited the GEO Reentry Services staff at Reality House and commended them for their commitment to “Red Shirt Fridays.” Lucio presented five veteran
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, almost seven of 10 individuals released from prison are rearrested within three years. Involvement in drug use is a key driving factor for
More than a decade ago, the late Joan Petersilia, Ph.D. said in a Q&A with the Pew Center on the States that “we need to invest heavily in helping offenders
A newly published article in the Journal of Community Corrections includes an in-depth analysis of non-residential reentry centers, or day reporting centers, and their effect on recidivism rates. Written by
The APPA released an issue paper exploring GPS monitoring in community corrections and how agencies using these systems address and mitigate risks.
While evidence-based practices (EBP) are held as the “gold standard” in criminal justice reentry practices, the long-term success of a program using EBP depends on whether those practices are continuously
One of the core elements in evidence-based reentry programs is case management, which ensures individual progress is continually measured to ensure participant success. Case managers work closely with reentrants from
A growing number of state institutions are introducing efforts to reduce recidivism long before an inmate is released to their community. Through these in-prison reentry programs, at-risk offenders are given
The First Step Act, which passed the U.S. Senate 87-12 and the House 358-36, will usher in significant changes to federal sentencing laws as well as improvements to programs that
When individuals are released from prison, jail or are referred to community correctional programs, research states that positive reinforcement and positive role modeling is effective at beginning the change process
The Council of State Governments Justice Center has published a new 50-State Report on Public Safety using the most recent crime and arrest data from 2017. The report aims to
Bail reform is sweeping the nation, state by state, as correctional agencies look to change a money-based method for releasing pretrial defendants to the community while they await trial. The
When probationers, parolees or pretrial service defendants are referred to community centers for reentry services, case management is a critical element for stabilizing the individual as they prepare for community
According to a recent U.S. Department of Justice report analyzing 2016 jail incarceration rates, nearly 20 percent of jails in 2016 were operating at or above 100 percent of their
