University of Nebraska TRAC Program
University of Nebraska TRAC Program
Transforming, Renewing, Achieving, and Connecting (TRAC) is an educational program for currently incarcerated individuals. The goal is to help facilitate access to higher education even as individuals serve out the remainder of their sentence behind bars. Currently, the program is only equipped to serve those housed at Omaha Correctional Center. Formerly incarcerated individuals will also […]
John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity
The John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity facilitates access to higher education and employment opportunities. The institute also creates opportunities and lowers barriers to success for persons formally involved in the criminal justice system by supporting institutional, structural, and human reform. College-in-prison programs have a proven record of reducing recidivism. The group advocates […]
NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) aims to promote safety, fairness, and the reduction of unnecessary incarceration in New York City. MOCJ advises the Mayor on all problems involving maintaining and improving a fair and equitable judicial system. The group brings together community and institutional stakeholders to address the challenges that endanger the security […]
The Doe Fund
The Doe Fund is a charitable organization that provides economic opportunity, housing, career training, and other services to people without housing and formerly incarcerated men to break the cycle of homelessness, incarceration, recidivism, and substance abuse. The organization advocates for criminal justice reform to end mass incarceration, to be accompanied by investments in community based […]
Community Service Society
The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) is a nonprofit organization that works with and for New Yorkers to create economic opportunity and advocate for a more equitable city and state. CSS makes New York more livable for people experiencing economic insecurity by enhancing access to health care, affordable housing, employment, opportunities for those […]
CASES
The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) provides bail and prison alternatives, mental health treatment, and education and employment programs for juveniles and adults involved in the New York City justice system. CASES seeks to improve public safety by offering innovative programs that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, encourage recovery and […]
Re-thinking Reentry
Re-thinking Reentry is a group of stakeholders working to reduce recidivism and improve public safety in Upper Manhattan. As part of the coalition, the Harlem Community Justice Center is a community court dedicated to bridging the gap between the court and community to achieve fairness and systematic equity in housing, community health, and access to […]
EAC Network Offender Reentry Program
EAC Network is a leading nonprofit health and human service agency that empowers, assists and cares for people in need in Long Island and New York City. Its mission is to provide necessary programs and direct support services that safeguard children, promote healthy families and communities, assist the elderly, and empower individuals to take care […]
USPO Northern District of New York Offender Reentry
The U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System performs probation and pretrial services functions in the U.S. district courts. The system’s mission remains dedicated to serving the community, the courts, and the persons who appear before them. Reentry is the transition period when an incarcerated person is released from prison back into the community. Probation officers […]
Hour Children
Hour Children is a leading provider of family services for women and children in prisons and communities to help them reunite, stabilize, and change their lives. Its names recognize the crucial hours that affect a child’s life when their mother is behind bars: the hour of her arrest, the hour of their visitation, and the […]