The 100-Hour Reentry Prerelease Program was developed to fulfill a critical component of prerelease practices. The program helps ensure a successful transition by equipping offenders with the basic knowledge and skills needed to reintegrate into the community. The curriculum supports positive, individual change by providing practice activities designed to improve the ability to use and process information, develop a positive attitude and moral compass, and accept rules and regulations. The program can be used by any national, state, and local prerelease reentry program or facility.
Modular components are customizable to fit the needs of any reentry and prerelease program.
Affordable, basic reentry skills curriculum can easily be made available to all offenders.
Content tailored for adult learners with instruction that is easy to read, interpret, and apply for various adult learning levels and skill sets.
Change the reasoning skills needed to make good judgments and decisions by addressing cognitive deficits associated with criminal behavior.
Personal Development
Develop critical skills in order to effectively attain physical, mental, and emotional well-being through positive communication and healthy lifestyle choices.
Problem Solving & Decision-Making
Develop valuable conflict–resolution skills and make subsequent constructive decisions.
Anger Management
Acknowledge and control one’s own anger and appropriately react to others’ anger.
Values Clarification, Goal Setting, & Achieving
Learn the value of moral character traits in order to achieve productive personal goals and live as a responsible citizen.
Victim Awareness & Restitution
Comprehend and accept the consequences as well as make restitution for the offender’s crime, and acknowledge that the offense has had a negative impact on the lives of the primary, secondary, and tertiary victims; take responsibility for those impacts; and consider ways of repairing harm done.
Employment Skills
Understand soft skills needed to enter the workforce and how these skills are implemented on the job.
Job Placement Assistance
Use available resources to successfully research, identify, and attain employment.
Money Management Skills
Develop a realistic financial plan for post-release by means of understanding and managing the basics of credit, banking, and personal budgeting.
Reentry Support Resources
Obtain release documentation and utilize the available resources provided by federal, state, and local agencies as well as other service providers.
Counseling on Individual Community Reentry Concerns
Establish methods conducive to successful reentry into the community by means of understanding the dynamics of the relationships among the individual, family, and members of society.
The 100-Hour Reentry Prerelease Program can be used by any national, state, and local prerelease reentry program or facility. The content is tailored for adult offenders with instruction that offers: