Reentry Planning Starts Before Release
GEO Reentry Services partners with state and local corrections agencies to deliver in-custody treatment and reentry programming for individuals nearing the end of their sentences. Initiating treatment, conducting risk and needs assessments, and providing behavioral programming during incarceration helps agencies improve release readiness, address transition gaps, and strengthen coordination with community supervision. This model supports a smoother handoff to community-based resources and supervision teams.
Flexible In-custody Reentry Programs
GEO Reentry delivers in-custody treatment and programming through two primary models: in-prison treatment services for state correctional systems and Jail Reentry Programs for county facilities. Both program models are designed to align with facility operations, security requirements, agency goals, and assessed needs while helping prepare individuals for community reentry. Research indicates that beginning reentry planning before release improves connections to treatment, employment, housing, and supervision services in the community. For correctional agencies, early planning creates an opportunity to address assessed needs before they become challenges after release.
Assessing Needs During Incarceration
Individuals have different risks, needs, strengths, and release timelines. Targeted services help agencies address factors associated with continued justice system involvement, including behavioral health needs, substance use, education gaps, employment readiness, and release planning requirements.
Data-informed Planning for Release Readiness
Validated risk and needs assessments help staff develop individualized treatment and transition plans aligned with agency requirements. Throughout the program, case managers reinforce accountability, address behaviors associated with continued justice system involvement, and prepare participants for community supervision, treatment, employment, education, and other post-release requirements.
Evidence-based Treatment & Programming
GEO Reentry’s in-custody programming may include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT): Structured treatment that addresses factors associated with continued justice system involvement.
- Motivational Interviewing: Open-ended questions, reflective listening, and reinforcement strategies that strengthen program engagement.
- Self-directed Journaling: An option when security, classification, or movement restrictions prevent group attendance, supporting service continuity within facility operations.
- Substance Use Treatment: Clinical assessments, group sessions, and tailored treatment plans provide agencies with a coordinated approach to substance use and relapse prevention.
- Life Skills Development: Services that address decision-making, communication, problem-solving, financial literacy, and other skills tied to release readiness, supervision engagement, and court-ordered conditions.
- GED Preparation: GED classes and test preparation, with an option for a Mobile Computer Lab to deliver educational programming when facility space is limited.
- Release Plans: Individualized transition plans that include supervision requirements, treatment needs, housing considerations, employment goals, transportation needs, and community-based service coordination.
- Gender-responsive Programming: Programs can be configured to account for gender-responsive service needs when required by the agency or population.
- Confinement in Response to Violations: GEO Reentry operates a short-term in-custody option that helps agencies address behavior patterns following technical supervision violations, clarify expectations, document progress, and coordinate return to community supervision.
By beginning interventions before release, agencies can strengthen continuity of care, improve supervision engagement, increase adherence to release requirements, and reduce preventable disruptions during the transition process.
Consult with Us for In-custody Solutions
Explore how in-prison and jail reentry programming can support your agency’s release readiness, supervision coordination, and continuity of care goals. Our team can help assess population needs and identify program options that align with your operational objectives.
Frequently Asked Questions
Agencies typically use release timelines, facility criteria, and validated risk and needs assessments to identify individuals who may benefit from in-custody treatment and reentry services.
Services vary based on population but may include Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, substance use treatment, case management, educational support, life skills development, release planning, and specialized programming for designated populations. Program components are configured based on facility requirements, population needs, and agency goals.
In-custody programs help agencies document assessed needs, release plans, referrals, and supervision priorities before discharge. This preparation provides community supervision teams clearer information at handoff and helps connect individuals to treatment, employment resources, housing support, and other approved services after release.
Yes. GEO Reentry can adapt programming for populations with distinct clinical, security, classification, or release-planning needs, including women, youth, individuals with behavioral health or substance use needs, and individuals returning to custody after a technical supervision violation. Services are aligned with agency priorities, facility requirements, and participant needs.
Before release, staff coordinate with community-based treatment providers, employment resources, housing resources, transportation partners, and healthcare providers. This coordination helps agencies prepare approved referrals, reduce service gaps after discharge, and connect individuals with resources aligned to post-release supervision needs.
Yes. GEO Reentry partners with state and county correctional agencies to implement programs that align with facility operations, security requirements, population needs, release timelines, and reentry objectives. The team works within existing agency processes while adding evidence-based programming, transition planning, and reporting support.