
Offender Reentry Care Unit Analysis
Research shows that certain programs and approaches to supervision can change some people’s criminal behaviors and help them succeed upon release from incarceration. The purpose of this project is to consider how online and mobile technology may facilitate and enhance existing correctional models for assessment and treatment of behavioral health needs and risks for people re-entering the community after coming out of prisons and jails. The objectives will be to Improve “recovery capital,” a measure of resources that one can draw on to initiate and maintain recovery, including inner strength (e.g., beliefs, faith, personal commitment to recover), resources and sources of support and strength from the outside, Lower the rate of recidivism, Lower the rate of substance use among this vulnerable population. This analysis will focus less on the criminal justice role including probation and more on the behavioral and community health role in support of re-entry.