family members of the incarcerated may have an opportunity to maintain a relationship with their incarcerated loved one. (5) Incarcerated persons should be afforded opportunities to change and heal. Strengthening relationships between inmates and the family and community members they have left behind will help decrease recidivism rates and heal fragmented familial and community relationships. 11703. Prerelease custody Section 3624(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to the availability of appropriations and of bed space availability, the Director shall place a prisoner in a residential reentry center that is within 50 miles of the prisoner’s previous or anticipated permanent legal address, except when the prisoner waives his right to be placed in such a center for reasons such as— (A) safety of the prisoner or his family