Tag: New Jersey State Parole Board

GEO Reentry provided reentry services during calendar year 2022 to 703 individuals on parole. While full in-person services did not resume until the end of 2022, the CRC services remained impactful for participants. This report assesses attendance rates, drug tests, referrals made to outside community resources, employment, and risk levels. Assessing pre- and post-program data, the report found major gains among participants reducing risk levels which in turn reduce recidivism.

Despite the pandemic, GEO Reentry provided reentry services during calendar year 2021 to 626 individuals on parole. This report assesses data points for these participants, looking at services provided, including treatment groups delivered and referrals to community resources made. Assessing pre- and post-program data, the report found major gains among participants in finding jobs and significant risk level reductions using both the LSI-R and the Texas Christian University Criminal Thinking Scales across six domains measuring antisocial cognition and attitudes.

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 programs. This outcomes report examines the pre-treatment and post-treatment risk scores for 256 participants who completed programming at one of these five CRC programs between Jan. 1, 2019 and Dec. 10, 2019. The results were dramatic, with those studied having a 29% risk reduction score after completing evidence-based treatment and training.