Reentry Planning

Successful reentry begins before individuals are released from incarceration. 

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MNCJP offers programming that seeks to equip incarcerated individuals with skills and resources critical to navigating the reentry process. 

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The initial months of reentry are often filled with uncertainty, difficulties, and barriers. MNCJP provides information and programming that focuses on situating individuals within a stable environment and building their capacity for sustained employment. These programs have included:
 

Project Connect, offered programming to individuals while they were incarcerated that:

• focused on developing planning for post-release

• helped incarcerated people visualize and anticipate life after prison

• builds long-term cognitive skills and day-to-day practical skills

• developed a tangible, written action plan for post-release life 

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In 2022, Project Connect shifted its offerings to improve outcomes for recovery and reentry programs, providing training to currently incarcerated individuals as well as those in the community. To learn more about these services, contact Rocky DeYoung at Reentry Training Solutions at rocky@reentrytrainingsolutions.com.

 

Civil Legal Needs Initiative, which provides legal information and services to address civil legal challenges that commonly present barriers to reentry. It includes programming in state and federal facilities to assist and inform individuals while they are incarcerated.

 

MNCJP has provided programming in the following facilities:

 

FPC Duluth: a minimum-security federal prison for men.        

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FMC Rochester: an administrative security federal medical center for men.

 

FCI Sandstone: a low-security federal correctional institution for men.

 

MCF Shakopee: an all-security level state prison facility for women.

 

FCI Waseca: a low-security federal correctional institution for women.