... of reentry services to former prisoners, while also ensuring that the supervision itself never became a driver of imprisonment. © 2022 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2022 supervision sentencing criminal rehabilitation revocation law reentry EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS One Nation...

...Jacob Schuman Judges and courts play a key role in federal community supervision. To understand the part of the judiciary in community supervision and reentry, I interviewed two federal judges about their work. First, Judge L. Felipe Restrepo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit told...

... Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2020 commutation House of Life Inside-Out the Prison Exchange Program lifers reentry think tank A Divinity That Shapes Our Ends: From Life Without Parole to the House of Life Initiative I. Introduction Historically, a life sentence...

...Thomas J. Farrell Amendments to the compassionate release provisions of the federal First Step Act and Second Chance Acts provide some opportunity for release for elderly and infirm federal inmates. This article examines the reentry successes of three Pennsylvania state inmates, all convicted...

... translated to conditions and programs that are more humane and effective than those typically found in the United States. Correctional leaders used this experience to put into place programs limiting the housing of the mentally ill prisoners in segregation, improving reentry programs, and “normalizing” some...

...Margaret Dizerega The strengths of family and the impact of incarceration on family members are often ignored in the sentencing decision. Similarly, despite decades of research demonstrating that families play an important role in the successful reentry of individuals, they are often overlooked...

... and after release and building on existing family strengths while also offering support to protect families from safety risks. © 2011 Vera Institute of Justice sentencing reentry intimate partner violence post-release supervision rehabilitation Federal Sentencing reporter Vol . 24 , no. 1...

... a period of opportunities to get people started on the path to employment, abstinence from drugs, good family relations, and crime-free living. © 2011 Vera Institute of Justice sentencing reentry release procedures drug treatment programs Family Strength Index Federal Sentencing reporter...

..., as well as several others, have shown that imposing criminal justice debt can interfere with reentry and rehabilitation. In response to this identified problem, the Vera Institute of Justice is exploring a potential demonstration project that would help jurisdictions generate revenue and hold offenders...