Reentry 2030: Changing How We Approach Incarceration
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Send us Fan Mail In 2024, North Carolina signed on to an ambitious national initiative to reduce recidivism and break the ongoing cycle of incarceration. Reentry 2030 brings together people across all sectors of government to work collaboratively with community leaders and people with lived-experience to lower the barriers to housing, healthcare and employment. George Pettigrew serves as the Deputy Secretary for Rehabilitation and Reentry in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction and as such, oversees the Department’s Reentry 2030 Initiative. In our interview with him, we learn how Reentry 2030 is organized, who is actively participating, what their goals are, and how George Pettigrew views the opportunities and challenges moving forward. (Below are links to information about North Carolina’s participation in Reentry 2030.) https://reentry2030.org/state-north-carolina/ https://www.dac.nc.gov/divisions-and-sections/rehabilitation-and-reentry/reentry-2030 In 2023, Judy Van Wyk and April Barber partnered to create a podcast about the many issues people face when transitioning from prison. Van Wyk is a longtime video producer and criminal justice advocate. April Barber received a life sentence when she was 15. After more than 31 years, she had her sentence commuted by Governor Cooper. She was released March 24, 2022.
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Send us Fan Mail In 2024, North Carolina signed on to an ambitious national initiative to reduce recidivism and break the ongoing cycle of incarceration. Reentry 2030 brings together people across all sectors of government to work collaboratively with community leaders and people with lived-experience to lower the barriers to housing, healthcare and employment. George Pettigrew serves as the Deputy Secretary for Rehabilitation and Reentry in the North Carolina Department o...
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