Name
Beyond Barriers: Navigating the Road to Reentry
Description

Incarceration creates barriers that make the road to reentry more difficult to overcome. For the wrongfully convicted, these challenges may be amplified since they don't typically receive post-incarceration assistance, leaving them with few to no resources from the moment they leave prison. Moreover, innocence organizations often have limited resources to create a pipeline of post-incarceration support for their clients. Where & how can organizations create this pipeline to address clients' reentry needs? What are clients' most pressing needs & how can we work to address them using trauma-informed approaches tailored to their post-incarceration needs? After 10+ years of creating & developing a reentry pipeline within & beyond the Exoneration Project, we share what we've learned so far after creating nonprofit org. Road 2 Reentry & invite discussion from innocence organization leadership & freed & exonerated folks about how we can best meet the needs of our freed & exonerated community.