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Gang Member Re-entry Assistance

Request for Information

If you currently have or are planning reentry initiatives in your jurisdiction, please complete the information request located here and forward, along with any documents you would like to share with APPA regarding your Gang Member Reentry Initiatives via the following:

E-mail: kcobb@csg.org
Fax: (859) 244-8001
Mail: American Probation and Parole Association, 2760 Research Drive, Lexington, KY 40511
ATTN: Kim Cobb

Interviewee Information:

The information you provide here is for informational purposes only. This information is only being collected in the event APPA would like to gather additional information regarding the information provided here.

1. Name and Title: __________________________________________________
2. Jurisdiction (City, State, County) ____________________________________
3. Address: _______________________________________________________
4. Phone: _________________________________________________________
5. E-mail: _________________________________________________________
6. Type of agency (e.g. probation, parole, law enforcement, etc.): ____________

Using the following definition of reentry, please answer the following questions pertaining to your agency/jurisdiction:

Reentry: a process and experience that begins at arrest and continues through community reintegration, including release from jail during pretrial proceedings, release at the time of sentencing, or release after service of the sentence (including from prisons, jails, detention facilities, treatment facilities, youth correctional programs, etc.). Reentry encompasses the evaluation, planning, and programming conducted, and support services implemented, to prepare and assist people who are or were previously incarcerated, to return safely to the community and to reintegrate as a law-abiding citizens (Rosenthal, Alan, & Wolf, Elaine. Unlocking the Potential of Reentry and Reintegration: A Reintegrative Sentencing Model; October, 2004).

  1. Please describe your agency’s active reentry initiatives specific for gang members (what are the key components, how long have components been active).

  2. Please describe your agency’s reentry initiatives which are currently in the planning stages specific for gang members (what are the key components).

  3. Please describe successes your agency has experienced with reentry initiatives specific to gang members.

  4. Please describe set-backs your agency has experienced with reentry initiatives specific to gang members.

  5. Please describe any networking relationships your agency has with allied justice agencies and/or community service providers specific to gang members reentering the community.

  6. Please describe any training that your agency provides to staff working with gang member reentry (e.g. risk/need assessment delivery/interpretation, gang culture, motivational interviewing, etc.).

  7. Please describe any barriers your agency has encountered in establishing protocols and/or initiatives specific to the reentry of gang members.