When I first started working in the niche known as community reentry, there was a widely-used refrain for two key pillars of successful reentry: a job and a place to live. This does not need a lot of explanation. Simply put, research shows that people reintegrating the community from prison do better when they have employment and a safe place to live.
I have come to believe that there are other critical legs to the ‘reintegration chair.’ For this series of posts, however, I want to focus on that first pillar of successful reentry: employment. [Read more…]