Topics Related to Reentry

2023 Reentry Conference Wrap-up

More than 500 reentry professionals, advocates, service providers and local reentry council members participated in the three-day 2023 NC Reentry Conference. 

Second Class of Prison Field Ministers Graduates

In black robes and mortarboards over tan prison uniforms, 13 offenders graduated from the Field Ministers program Wednesday at Nash Correctional Institution.

Second Chance Month 2022

April is Second Chance Month in North Carolina, a time to focus attention on the challenges facing the more than 20,000 people returning to their communities each year after completing their sentences in prison.  Did you know that around 25 percent of North Carolinians have a criminal record?  That usually creates consequences that most people are not aware of. People leaving prison are starting over. They frequently need a place to live, a job and support to re-start their lives. In fact, about 95 percent of people in prison will eventually return to their communities.

Re-Entry To Resilience Model Presented at the NC Re-entry Conference

Second chances are important for both adults and juveniles who have been involved in the criminal justice system.

State Public Safety Officials Conclude Project Providing COVID-19 Quarantine Shelter to Recently Released Offenders

With new COVID-19 cases on the decline, prisons providing vaccinations to all incarcerated individuals who want the vaccine; and  vaccines now widely available in communities across the state; the N.C.

Think Smart Program Helps to Rehabilitate Those in Prison and Offer Lessons to Troubled Youth

After making choices in life that led to prison sentences, participants in the Think Smart Program are sharing their stories with youth across North Carolina to convince them to avoid the same mistakes. 

Reentry Week 2019: Initiatives Such as Reentry Simulations Foster Compassion

Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed this week as Reentry Week.