REENTRY – RESOURCES

RE-ENTRY RESOURCES

If you are experiencing food or housing insecurity, contact the Re-Entry Bureau for assistance.

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Ken Thompson Boutique

The Ken Thompson Boutique is available through our office to help formerly incarcerated individuals access FREE professional attire for interviews. 👔🧥👞💼

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📞  Call:  718-250-3281 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm.)
📠  Fax: 718-488-6692 (Please include cover page)

📧  Email: Reentry@BrooklynDA.org

📩  Mail correspondence to:
KCDA Re-Entry
350 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-2908

👥  Visit (9:00 am to 5:00 pm – Appointments preferred but not required):
Re-Entry Programs Office
345 Adams Street, 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

NYC Human Rights Commission

The Reentry Resource Center

NYC Department of Small Business Services

NATIONAL:

• U.S. Department of Education – Adult Education and Literacy programming
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Parole Commission
• American Correctional Association
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• National Institute of Corrections
• The National Reentry Resource Center
• PolicyOptions.org – Issue Briefs
• Reentry Central

INSTITUTE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH:

• Corrections and Reentry: Protected Health Information Privacy Framework for Information Sharing (2014)

LIBRARY SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN CUSTODY:

• Library Services for Youth in Custody

THE LIONHEART FOUNDATION:

• A State-by-State Listing of Re-Entry Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

ALASKA:

• Department of Corrections – Reentry Manual 2012

CALIFORNIA:

• 211 San Diego – Re-Entry Employment & Education

FLORIDA:

• Jacksonville Reentry Center – The Portal of Entry To Life After Prison
• Pensacola Bay Area Impact 100

GEORGIA:

• DHS Prison Re-Entry

ILLINOIS:

• City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor – Special Programs, Ex-Offender Re-entry Initiatives

MASSACHUSETTS:

• Massachusetts Department of Correction

MISSOURI:

• Missouri Reentry Process
• St. Louis Community Reentry Program for Ex-Offenders

NEW JERSEY:

• New Jersey Career Connections – Ex-Offender Services

NEW YORK:

• Prison Reentry Institute, John Jay College for Criminal Justice, CUNY
• Division of Criminal Justice Services
• Division of Criminal Justice Services – County Re-entry Task Force Initiative
• Department of Labor – Special Populations Unit: The Road to Re-entry – Supplemental Guide (2014)

PENNSYLVANIA:

• Board of Probation and Parole
• The Pennsylvania Prison Society – Prison Reentry Network
• GEO Reentry Services
• Capital Region Ex-offender Support Coalition, Inc.
• Lancaster County Re-Entry Management Organization (RMO)

TEXAS:

• Texas Criminal Justice Coalition: A New Start – A Re-Entry Guide For Texas: Key Information For Successful Reintegration

UTAH:

• Utah County Reentry Resource

WASHINGTON:

• Washington State Employment Re-entry Guide – New Directions

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THE RE-ENTRY READING LIST

• “Report: Reentry Programs in New York State Prisons: Queensboro and Orleans Correctional Facilities”, The Correctional Association of New York / Prison Visiting Project – Reentry Programs (Spring 2011)
• Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (San Franciso, CA)
• “You’re Not My Friend” (Addressing drug use as a parent and as young person), Mel Blackman/The Burning House Project, Inc., www.yourenotmyfriend.org, 917-753-5858
• “The Effects of Prisoner Attachment to Family on Re-entry Outcomes: A Longitudinal Assessment”, Ian Burnon-Smith and Daniel J. McCarthy, British Journal of Criminology (2016), p. azv129
• “These Programs Are Helping Prisoners Live Again On The Outside”, Matt Ferner, Huffington Post (7/28/15)
• “Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration (Sesame Street Tool Kit)
• “Tackling Recidivism: They All Come Home”, THE ECONOMIST (4/20/11)
• “Back To Business: How Hiriing Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers Benefirts Your Company”, American Civil Liberties Union / Trone Center for Justice & Equality (June 8, 2017)
• “Tanisha’s Scars” (Jennifer Gonnerman / The Village Voice, 9/27/2005)