Community Justice and Re-entry Services
Community corrections play a crucial role in the criminal justice system, emphasizing rehabilitation and reintegration over incarceration. This series of e-brief’s explores the principles, programs, and challenges of community-based supervision, highlighting its impact on reducing recidivism and fostering community safety.
Casa Alborada
Residential Re-Entry Center
The First Step Act
The First Step Act also seeks to expand opportunities for people in federal prisons to participate in rehabilitative programming to support their success after release. The law aims to produce lower odds of recidivism by incentivizing incarcerated individuals to engage in rigorous, evidence-based rehabilitation and education programming. In exchange and based on a favorable assessment of risk to the community, earning an earlier opportunity for release to community corrections.
