Title: 
Headings: 
PREPARING
PRISONERS
FOR
 
RE-ENTRY
 

About
the
 
10
 
Keys

CENTRE
 
FOR
 
JUSTICE
 
AND
 
RECONCILIATION
 

10
 
KEYS
TO
 
PREPARING
 
PRISONERS
 
FOR
 
RE-ENTRY
 

Building
 
Constructive
 
Relationships
 

Key
 
1:
 
Find
 
Mentors
 

Key
 
2:
 
Reunite
 
Families

Key
 
3:
 
Develop
 
Communities

Addressing
 
Needs

Key
 
4:
 
Plan
 
Ahead

Key
 
5:
 
Locate
 
Resources

Key
 
6:
 
Avoid
 
Trouble

Key
 
7:
 
Find
 
Help

Contributing
 
to
 
Society

Key
8:
 
Make
 
Amends

Key
 
9:
 
Serve
 
Others

Assessing
 
Strengths
 
and
 
Weaknesses

Key
 
10:
  
Conduct
 
Inventory

Other
 
Important
 
Resources


Content: Some
 
of
 
these
 
they
 
may
have
 
confronted
 
before
 
prison,
 
such
 
as
 
unemployment,
 
substance
 
abuse,
 
low
 
self-esteem,
 
anti-social
 
relationships,
 
and
 
so
 
forth. But
 
others
 
obstacles
 
result
 
from
 
the
 
prison
 
experience
 
itself. Prisoners
 
have
 
little
 
control
 
over
 
daily
 
life,
 
which
 
means
 
that
 
they
 
can
 
be
 
overwhelmed
 
by
 
the
 
choices
 
facing
 
them
 
after
 
prison
 
and
 
unprepared
 
to
 
make
 
good
 
decisions. Further,
 
prison
 
removes
 
them
 
from
 
the
 
support
 
networks
 
they
 
once
 
had,
 
support
 
that
 
might
 
help
 
them
 
to
 
make
 
a
 
successful
 
transition
 
into
 
society. Usually
 
prisons
 
do
 
little
 
to
 
prepare
 
prisoners
 
to
 
address
 
the
 
immediate
 
and
 
practical
 
needs
 
they
 
will
 
face
 
on
 
release. For
 
example,
 
where
 
will
 
the
 
prisoners
 
stay
 
that
 
night,
 
and
 
how
 
will
 
they
 
get
 
there? Often
 
prisoners
 
themselves
 
don’t
 
think
 
about
 
these
 
kinds
 
of
 
matters,
 
and
 
only
 
have
 
general,
 
long-term
 
ideas
 
about
 
their
 
future
 
after
 
release. However,
 
there
 
are
 
practical
 
steps
 
that
 
could
 
better
 
prepare
 
prisoners
 
for
 
re-
entry. While
 
these
 
do
 
not
 
guarantee
 
that
 
they
 
will
 
succeed
 
after
 
release,
 
this
 
preparation
 
will
 
increase
 
their
 
chances. 10
 
keys
 
to
 
preparing
 
prisoners
 
for
 
re-entry
 
Building
 
Constructive
 
Relationships
 
Constructive
 
relationships
 
are
 
important
 
to
 
prisoners
 
during
 
re-entry.