Families of Prisoners

NHDOC has been fully engaged with the JDI coaches this reporting period. The coaches were able to assist NHDOC in drafting their implementation guide and time task plan.
The coaches maintained a schedule of monthly virtual meetings with NHDOC. No meeting was held in June, because of audits in progress at NHDOC. However, NHDOC remained fully communicative and responsive to the coaches during June.

Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDuring this interactive group learning session, Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grantees will learn strategies for training and building skills for correctional staff who oversee family visits in correctional facilities.

Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

For corrections and community supervision agencies, the shift toward adopting reentry and recidivism reduction as core responsibilities also requires changes in organizational culture and approaches to staff recruitment, retention, and development.
In this video, Dr. Nicole Jarrett of The Council of State Governments Justice Center talks to Anne Precythe, director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, for her reflections on what culture change means for corrections.

The collateral consequences of conviction--statutory and regulatory restrictions that limit or prohibit people convicted of crimes from accessing employment, housing, and other rights, benefits, and opportunities--can have debilitating effects on the livelihood and social integration of people with criminal histories, increasing the likelihood of recidivism and contributing to family and community instability.

Hosted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center
In this webinar, OJJDP and CSG Justice Center staff explain the training and technical assistance opportunities and resources available to Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grantees.

On November 3, 2020 PRC received a request from Katherine Stovall, Hotline Services Program Coordinator for RAINN requesting our thoughts on a couple of documents drafted by RAINN staff to enhance staff training regarding PREA. The two draft documents -PREA overview and PREA Myths were sent to PRC staff for review and on November 13, 2020 PRC staff met with RAINN staff to discuss our first impressions of the original draft documents submitted to us for review and also to gain more insight on the purpose for use of these documents.

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period January - June 2021 were 469

Coaches conversation about engaging community based organizations in reentry work. Discussions the roles of collaboration and engagement for community-based reentry.

On February 2, March 2, April 4, May 4, and June 8 2021 Margaret diZerega met with Andre Bethea to share lessons learned from the initiative and receive guidance on the next phase.