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Abstract: 

While there is much to discover about the effects of pre-release programs, enterprising officials in a handful of states across the country continue to experiment, convinced that common-sense services such as job training and development, help securing personal identification, referrals to community health services, and family-focused counseling enable inmates to take better advantage of whatever support and supervision they receive in the community or, in the absence of such services, navigate better on their own. This article briefly describes reentry strategies that could be learned and modified in order to effectively plan and implement pre-release programs.

Keywords: reentry; prison release

Affiliations:  1: Vera Institute of Justice in New York City; 2: Vera Institute of Justice in New York City.