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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
Initiative Grantee
Indiana Department of Correction (Amount: $2,000,000*)
The Indiana Department of Correction will target 68 adults and
480 juveniles released to Weed and Seed neighborhoods in Marion
County and 15 adults and 75 juveniles released to the Weed and
Seed neighborhood of southeast Fort Wayne in Allen County. Through
Indiana’s Going Home Project, the department will partner with
various service agencies to address recidivism, substance abuse,
and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce
participation, housing, family reunification, faith-based issues,
and mentoring.
Local contact: Sam Young, 317–234–0323.
[Asterisk indicates award amount is subject to final review.]
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AIM:
Indiana's Juvenile Reentry Program
G.
Roger Jarjoura, Ph.D., Executive Director
School of Public and
Environmental Affairs
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
342 North Senate
Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317–261–3041
317–261–3050 (fax)
rjarjour@iupui.edu
aim.spea.iupui.edu/
AIM: Indiana's Juvenile Reentry Program is a structured mentoring program
that provides Indiana youth incarcerated at state juvenile correctional
facilities with mentors who are college students, adult volunteers,
or service providers in the community. The AIM program believes
that incarcerated youth deserve the right to work toward self-improvement
during their incarceration by reevaluating their lifestyles, behaviors,
and attitudes so they may succeed when they return to society.
These goals are achieved by linking youth with adult mentors and
role models.
Fort Wayne Reentry Program
The judge-centered reentry program in Fort Wayne, IN, is based
on the drug court model. The program includes an ongoing central
role for a judge, a "contract" that is drawn up between
the court and the offender, discretion on the judge’s part to impose
graduated sanctions for various levels of failure to meet the conditions
imposed, and the promise of the end of supervision as an occasion
for ceremonial recognition. In this program, the Indiana Parole
Commission has given authority to the reentry court judge to supervise
released adult offenders. A transition team, composed of treatment
providers, corrections staff, law enforcement, employment trainers,
and family counselors, is assigned to the offender to help develop,
monitor, and enforce the reentry plan that is implemented on the
offender’s release from the institution. The reentry plan is based
on assessments (i.e., risk, educational, vocational, mental health,
and substance abuse) and is developed with input from the offender
and his or her support system. The offender’s reentry into the
community is guided by this plan. Many offenders have been connected
with a network of mentors who help guide their transition back
to the community. When the reentry plan is completed and the offender
has been released from commitment, he or she appears before the
reentry court judge for formalization or ordering (depending on
the offender) of the reentry plan, the support system, and the
government agencies representing the community. Typically, an offender
will be required to remain drug free, make restitution to his victim
and reparation to the community, participate in programs that began
in commitment (work, education, emotions management, parenting
classes, etc.), refrain from committing crime, and comply with
any other terms and conditions of the reentry plan. The offender
is also required to appear before the reentry court judge on a
regular basis to determine if the plan remains appropriate and
effective and if the offender is in compliance. Click
here to view
a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating the impact of controlled
reentry in Fort Wayne, IN.
If you know of a local organization or resource that should
be added here, please e-mail us at askreentry@ncjrs.org. Be sure to write "Local Organizations & Resources" in
the subject line. Provide a brief one-paragraph description of
the organization or resource and include any appropriate contact
information (name of organization or resource, name of contact
person, mailing address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address,
and URL).
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