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The Reentry Project
Why choosing us?
A holistic platform. A singular mission.
End recidivism.
Prison population
make up
Age
51.9%
are between 18-40 yrs Prime earning years
Gender
93%
Male
7%
Female
Security Level
69.4%
Low-Medium
Race
58%
White / Latino
38%
Black
2.6%
Native American
1.4%
Asian
Broad Stroke
Market Details
~ 2.3 million people are currently incarcerated in state & federal prisons and jails in the US
~ 3.9 million offenders are currently on probation or parole
~ 600,000 exiting offenders re-enter society annually
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE
Financial Challenges
of Incarceration
The U.S. spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, With approximately 2.3 million people behind bars, that represents approximately $350,000 per year per inmate, and that figure might be an underestimate. In 2017, the Prison Policy Initiative estimated the actual cost on state and federal governments and impacted families is roughly $182 billion.
- The federal Registry states the average cost to a state per year, per inmate in the US was just shy of $40,000 at $39,158.
- With approximately 600,000 exiting offenders re-enter society annually, and…
- The current average rate of recidivism is just over 68% at 68.4% in the US, which means…
- Slightly more than 410,000 offenders will return to prison within 3 years…
- Which means recidivism costs the US government approximately $16.4B per year
It’s simple math. Reducing recidivism by just 10% represents $1.64B in savings each year.
… if we use just the average state-level hard budget costs. That number is substantially larger if fully addressable costs are taken into account.
Current-state support
and why we fall short.
- Significant under-staffing results in staff being significantly overloaded to provide quality service
- Staff lack formal training and lack a standardized / consistent process…
- Lack of quantifiable data on why someone succeeds after re-entering leads to a lack of learning and development of recommended actions.
- The average length of service for a state parole officer is 5 years
- When they leave, so does their knowledge, leaving institutions with no tribal knowledge – requiring them to repeat that development process from step-one, every time.
- The average caseload is 75 people under supervision
- The amount of time that the officer can spend with each person is limited, so assistance is typically very high-level and not personalized
- There is no training regarding how to assist a person with finding employment, housing, transportation, or other community resources
- There is no online training for the reentering person that can be helpful
- There is no funding to assist with bus passes, food, clothing or shelter
The challenges faced
when reentering society
The Reentry Project Platform
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