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Reentry
Reentry is the moment the system claims success and reality says otherwise. The first weeks after release carry the highest overdose risk. These essays focus on the reentry window we keep wasting.
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Faith-Based Reentry Programs: What a Restorative Approach Looks Like
A plain look at faith-based reentry programs: what they usually include, what the research says and does not say, how restorative justice fits, and questions to ask before you join or refer someone to one.
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Wisconsin Program Waitlists and Short Sentences
What a Wisconsin DOC programming waitlist actually means when the sentence is short, work release never pays, and the unmet need follows the person into a heavy community calendar.
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When a Loved One Comes Home From Jail or Prison in Early Recovery: A Family Guide
A plain family guide for when someone in early recovery comes home from jail or prison: what to ask before release, the overdose window, house agreements, how to talk, and how to keep your own strength.
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Truth in Sentencing and Losing Street Time in Wisconsin
Under Wisconsin Truth in Sentencing, years on extended supervision do not shrink the prison time you can be sent back for. How revocation math works.
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Wisconsin Justice System Definitions
Plain definitions for Wisconsin justice terms people mix up: charge and conviction, jail and prison, probation and extended supervision, and revocation.
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How DAI Scores You Into Max, Medium, and Minimum
Wisconsin DAI classifies people with a point-based custody instrument. Age, a ten-year record, and the current felony add up before a job ever gets a chance to knock one off.
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Fear and Faith Cannot Live in the Same Place
From MSDF to Corrections Today, Milwaukee groups, and Better Moose. The money is tight. Fear and faith cannot live in the same place.
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A Reentry Story: Part 1 - Coming Home After Ten Years
Andrew picks up his friend PG at Racine Correctional Institution after a ten-year sentence. Release clothes, Denny's, a phone, and the difference between support and rescue on day one.
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The Bottleneck of Bureaucracy: How Wisconsin Moves the Prison Pressure Around
Wisconsin's prison count fell when courts slowed, then climbed back toward its old peak. Here is how overcrowding, contract beds, and program scarcity move through the same machine.
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Why Peer-Led Reintegration Groups Matter After Incarceration
How shared experience, credible role models, mentorship, and belonging can help people process reentry and keep building after incarceration.
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Wisconsin’s Prison, Reentry, and Supervision Machine
An honest look at Wisconsin’s justice machine from someone who lived it: prisons, reentry, supervision, agents, cops, lawyers, PDs, laws, and lawmakers.
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How People Rebuild Identity in Addiction Recovery
Research-backed identity reconstruction: narrative identity, possible selves, and redemption scripts in daily Workbook and ReturnPath practice.
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Reentry Resources That Actually Help You Rebuild
Practical reentry resources after prison: 211, CareerOneStop, and SAMHSA for concrete needs, plus identity work families can support at home.
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Peer Recovery Groups for Young Adults Leaving Treatment or Justice Settings
Age-specialized peer recovery groups for young adults leaving treatment or justice settings: belonging, identity work, and guardrails beside clinical care.
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What Curriculum Can Halfway Houses Use for Reentry Programming?
ReturnPath halfway house reentry curriculum: goals, 16-week modules, process outcomes, workbook accountability, rolling enrollment, facilitator guides.
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Does Drug Legalization Reduce Recidivism?
How does drug legalization affect recidivism? It can cut drug-related arrests and re-incarceration cycles when reform pairs legal access with treatment, housing, and reentry support.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 13: Mental Health, Housing, and Despair
Part 13 explores drug addiction and homelessness, mental illness, and housing-first recovery in the drug legalization and regulation series.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 12: Overdose Risk After Prison Release
Prison release overdose risk peaks in the first days and two weeks. Care continuity, MOUD, naloxone, and housing decide who survives.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 7: Recovery Lockbox: Fund Addiction Treatment Without Raising Taxes
A recovery lockbox captures enforcement savings and regulated-market revenue to fund MOUD, housing, and reentry, using FY 2025 budget realities.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 3: Can You Vote or Own a Gun With a Drug Felony?
Drug felony conviction: voting rights, gun rights, and the permanent sentence rarely discussed. Part 3 in the drug legalization series.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 2: Drug Felony Consequences After Release
Drug felony consequences go far beyond court: employment and housing barriers, ruined credit, and traps that follow people after release.