Reentry Program
Reentry Program serves individuals from Caledonia County and southern Essex Counties reentering the community after incarceration. Restorative Justice assists individuals to take responsibility for their actions, repair damage to victims and community, and make plans to not re-offend.
Circles of Support and Accountability
Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) are small teams of 3 to 5 volunteers and the Reentry Coordinator that meet once weekly for a period of one year to provide a circle of support and accountability to offenders that are re-entering the community.
CoSA has four primary goals:
- To improve community and harmed party safety.
- To improve the coordination of the support, service and community connections for the individual.
- To establish and maintain clear expectations in regards to healthy and postitive community behaviors.
- To repair the relationships between the individual and the community by facilitating restorative activities and restitution of harm accomplished through various means.
The Reentry Program offers navigation services to individuals who are supervised by the Dept. of Corrections who are reentering the community. Services include CoSA, service navigation, family support and reintegration, education, restorative justice panels and more. Referrals to the reentry program are received from the local probation and parole office. Additionally, any supervised individual may self-refer.
Contact: Susan Russell, Reentry Program Coordinator
Email: russell@communityrjc.org
Direct line: 802-745-1363
