The Urban Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation held a roundtable on reentry from jails. The roundtable focused on the 12 million people released from local jails each year and the associated challenges faced by individuals, families, and communities. The Jail Reentry Roundtable aimed to fill the knowledge gap on this issue by commissioning papers, assembling practitioners and researchers, conducting a "scan of practice" of jail reentry programs, writing a national report on jail reentry, and developing a training curriculum for jail administrators and correctional staff.

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Reports

• Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community

• The Jail Administrator's Toolkit for Reentry

Commissioned papers 

• Coming Home from Jail: A Review of Health and Social Problems Facing US Jail Populations and of Opportunities for Reentry Interventions 

• Short-Term Strategies to Improve Re-entry of Jail Populations: Expanding and Implementing the API Model 

• The Role of Community Supervision in Addressing Reentry From Jails 

• "Whys" and "Hows" of Measuring Jail Recidivism

• Our System of Corrections: Do Jails Play a Role in Improving Offender Outcomes? 

• Does it Pay to Invest in Reentry Programs for Jail Inmates? 

• Jail Reentry and Community Linkages: Adding Value on Both Sides of the Gate 

• Reentry Programs and Rural Jails 

• The Gender Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Applications 

Presentations 

• The Importance of Successful Reentry to Jail Population Growth 

• The NCCD Zogby Poll - Public Attitudes Toward Rehabilitation and Reentry 

• "What Works" Applied to Corrections 

• Evidence-Based Reentry Practices in a Jail Setting 

• Does it Pay to Invest in Reentry Programming for Jail Inmates? 

• Reentry Programs and Rural Jails 

The Jail Reentry Roundtable was funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the US Department of Justice.