The Fresh Start program, currently in six New Jersey libraries, aims to connect the formerly incarcerated with tools to keep them out from behind bars.
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Two state senators are sponsoring a bill that would provide Medicaid coverage to help individuals stay on their needed medications when they leave prison.
To give key stakeholders an idea of what it's like to be a former inmate reentering society, the New Jersey State Parole Board held a ...
The Reentry Services Commission has released a report with best practices to help people make a successful transition from prison to civilian life.
Experts say part of the state's success is attributed to the fact that about one-fourth of the current inmate population will get help once they're ...
In a 5 to 3 vote with one abstention, the board quickly moved to terminate McGreevey, but not before hearing from more than two dozen ...
In a letter, attorney Michael Critchley alleges McGreevey is the victim of political retaliation for firing one of Fulop’s political allies from the Jersey City ...
The head of New Jersey's Reentry Corporation says replacing one drug with another to help treat addiction isn't at odds with sobriety. Rather, former Gov. ...
Getting released from prison might seem like cause for celebration. But more often than not, reentry to society presents a whole new slate of challenges ...
A former prisoner shares an app he created to help family and friends send much needed love to those behind bars.
The New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s fourth annual conference focused on finding solutions and best practices and included testimonies from experts around the country.
The New Jersey Reentry Corporation's report describes some of the challenges and solutions to help former inmates readjust to life.
Pre-apprenticeship programs give graduates an opportunity to form careers, not just jobs.
Will Congress continue the testing program we use to make sure the water we swim in is safe? It's a fight over funding. A flight ...
A pilot program allows people incarcerated in state and federal prisons to receive Pell Grants: federal funding toward a college education.
Deal or no deal? The Assembly's higher gas tax/lower sales tax plan for road repairs has yet to pass Senate muster. And Senate leaders, even ...
The Greater Newark Conservancy’s Prisoner Reentry Initiative aims to make the transition from jail to community easier.
In the face of overwhelming obstacles, helping ex-cons obtain the basics: IDs, jobs, homes and a path toward productive lives outside prison. In the face ...
Sen. Menendez has his day in court. Helping convicts get back home. Testimony the Transportation Trust Fund can survive. And expanding medical marijuana to include ...
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik and former Newark Mayor Sharpe James spoke at the second Prisoner Reentry Conference in Jersey ...