Reentry Resources


Strategies for Engaging Students Involved in the Criminal Justice System 

Published by the New York Reentry Education Network. CI is a founding member of NYREN.

Connections and The Job Search

Published by the New York Public Library, Connections contains a directory of the resources available to formerly incarcerated people rcoming home to New York City.

Legal Action Center

The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas. Their site has many guides essential to a positive and successful reentry.


The Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

PRI's mission is to spur innovation and improve practice in the field of reentry by advancing knowledge, translating research into effective policy and service delivery and fostering effective partnerships between criminal justice and non-criminal justice disciplines. They have a number of very useful reentry resources, including:

Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison

The National Reentry Resource Center

The Center provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, non-profit organizations and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry.

Reentry Resource Center - New York

Has many resources and monthly updates.