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Clemency Project 2014 Well Underway and Reviewing Thousands of Federal Inmate Applications
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"Professor of Political Science Marie Gottschalk Discusses Mass Incarceration In the U.S."
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Speaker-Designate Turzai Announces House Committee Chairs for the 2015-16 Session
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NEW Report:

Measuring and Using Juvenile Recidivism Data to Inform Policy, Practice, and Resource Allocation (click here)
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Newsletter from PA Dept of Corrections

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PA DOC Newsfront 
This is a periodic newsletter issued by PA Dept. of Corrections addressing the latest issues in Pennsylvania.


Recidivism in Pennsylvania:
Incentiving Perfomance

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Kristopher Bret Bucklen, Director
Bret Bucklen gave a presentation to the CRESC Coalition in April 2013, which summarized recent studies conducted by PA DOC.

Bret's PowerPoint slide show can be downloaded by clicking on his picture to the left.

In addition to Directing the Bureau of Planning, Research, and Statistics for PA Dept. of Corrections, Bret is a doctoral candidate at University of Maryland.

The full report can be downloaded by clicking here.

National Reentry Resource Center

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Click on logo for link to NRRC
The National Reentry Resource Center provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, non-profit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry. The NRRC’s mission is to advance the reentry field through knowledge transfer and dissemination and to promote evidence-based best practices.

Established in 2008 by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199) the NRRC is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, and is a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, along with key project partners including the Urban Institute, the Association of State Correctional Administrators, and the American Probation and Parole Association.


Evidence Based Practices

Below are downloadable files summarizing research in connection with reentry.
Implementing Evidence Based Practices
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A Framework for Offender Reentry
File Size: 1452 kb
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Engaging in Collaborative Partnerships
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Building Offenders' Community Assets Through Mentoring
File Size: 1253 kb
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Effective Case Management
File Size: 1675 kb
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Reentry Considerations for Women Offenders
File Size: 1537 kb
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Engaging Offenders Families in Reentry
File Size: 1302 kb
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Shaping Offender Behavior
File Size: 1129 kb
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Ready 4 Reentry - Prisoner Reentry Toolkit
File Size: 600 kb
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Measuring the Impact of Successful Reentry Efforts
File Size: 1950 kb
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Continuous Quality Improvement
File Size: 1600 kb
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Release Planning for Successful Reentry - Urban Institute
File Size: 668 kb
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Papillon Foundation
www.papillonfoundation.org 
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The Papillon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity which helps indigent

ex-offenders clean-up their criminal records for free.  It is a
non-partisan, non-profit corporation which is a licensed and bonded legal
document preparation service.

It is 100% web-based and provides free of charge all of the necessary forms
and instructions for the expungement and sealing of criminal records in all
50 States, the District of Columbia and American Territories so ex-offenders
may eliminate this significant barrier to employment, housing and
educational opportunities, thereby reducing recidivism and assisting in
their effective re-entry into society. ​

The National H.I.R.E. Network
http://www.hirenetwork.org/


The National H.I.R.E. Network's mission is to increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to persons with criminal records by improving public policy, practice, and public opinion. ​

Download a PDF copy of CRESC's new full color brochure
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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 14-1721_Expungement of Juvenile Records & School Notifications  (Click to view)

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE 2013-2014 EMPOWERING OPPORTUNITIES: GATEWAYS OUT OF POVERTY INITIATIVE  
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Majority Policy Committee - April 2014
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Lessons from the States: 
Reducing Recidivism and Curbing Corrections Costs Through Justice 
Reinvestment
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Evaluation of the Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program:  Interim Report (click here)

May, 2012.  by Social Policy Research Associates.
Prepared for US Department of Labor/ETA

Crime Solutions - DOJ Website

CrimeSolutions.gov
The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has released a website that describes, reviews, evaluates programs for offender reentry.

Myth Busters

Myth Busters
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Reentry Education Model

US Dept of Education released a monograph outlining a general model for education programming aimed at serving persons in reentry from prison.

Federal Interagency Reentry Council

Reentry Brief
File Size: 328 kb
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The Ohio Plan  for Offender Reentry

http://www.drc.ohio.gov/web/ReentryFinalPlan.pdf

Reentry Partnerships

Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States and Faith-based and Community Organizations
File Size: 755 kb
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Guiding Pennsylvania's Response to People with Mental Illness involved in CJS

A Report developed by PA Department of Public Welfare in collaboration with the Council of State Governments Justice Center.  Click on the Title above.

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