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Topic Archive: Reducing Recidivism

CoreCivic Partners with TRACKtech to Provide a High-Tech Monitoring Solution

10/17/24 10:52 AM
Select CoreCivic Community facilities are now working with TRACKtech to provide justice-involved individuals high-tech monitoring systems that not only help enhance supervision, but also provide resources and assistance to those who recently ...
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Delivering Quality Care

10/3/24 8:14 AM
Across the United States, approximately eight percent of all incarcerated individuals are in the care of private providers. While CoreCivic plays a small role in the criminal justice system, it is a vital one: We provide high-quality facilities and ...
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Transforming Lives Through Wheelchair Restoration

9/26/24 12:15 PM
For more than 25 years, staff and residents at CoreCivic have been helping the ministry, Joni & Friends, restore mobility equipment, like wheelchairs, to support individuals around the globe through the ministry's Wheels for the World™ program.
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Virtual Reality Program Provides High-Tech Education for Residents in New Mexico

9/19/24 12:45 PM
CoreCivic's Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, is piloting innovative education tools that allow justice-involved individuals to not only receive hands-on vocational training, but also earn industry-recognized certificates. ...
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Education Success: Celebrating Recent Graduates at CoreCivic

9/13/24 7:52 AM
Hundreds of residents at CoreCivic facilities have recently graduated from various educational programs, earning High School Equivalency (HSE) diplomas, Industry-Recognized Certificates (IRC), and other reentry-success credentials. Since January ...
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Trauma-Informed Color Palette Transforms Spaces in CoreCivic Facilities

9/6/24 7:31 AM
Over the past few years, CoreCivic has implemented a "normalization" strategy that includes redesigning and revamping environments of CoreCivic facilities' real property without compromising the safety inherently required in correctional and ...
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Financial Peace University Equips Residents in Colorado with Budgeting Skills for Reentry

8/22/24 8:56 AM
Understanding and managing household finances can be difficult. This is especially true for incarcerated individuals, who may not have been exposed to budget management for some time or perhaps, ever at all. That's why CoreCivic's Bent County ...
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From Trauma to Transformation with Compassion Prison Project

8/15/24 8:55 AM
A history of childhood trauma is common among individuals who become involved in the criminal justice system. Recently, residents at CoreCivic's La Palma Correctional Center, Red Rock Correctional Center, and Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, ...
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Reentry Coaching Academy Provides Peer Training Program for Residents in Arizona

8/8/24 8:38 AM
Preparing for reentry can be a challenging and overwhelming task, which is why CoreCivic works to provide justice-involved individuals the tools and resources necessary to be successful upon their return to society. One of these resources is a pilot ...
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CoreCivic Partnership with Dallas Organization Equips Returning Citizens for Successful Reentry

8/1/24 8:00 AM
Staff at CoreCivic’s Dallas Transitional Center in Texas conduct proactive outreach to local organizations to form partnerships and link residents to much-needed resources that are available to them within their home communities. The Dallas-based ...
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Bridging the Gap: Fort Worth Transitional Center Provides Comprehensive Support for Residents

7/25/24 8:58 AM
A resident’s smooth transition back to the community is the mission for CoreCivic’s Fort Worth Transitional Center in Fort Worth, Texas. This CoreCivic facility partners with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to provide a supportive, ...
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40 Residents Graduate with GED, Vocational Certificate at CoreCivic's Lee Adjustment Center

7/19/24 11:31 AM
On June 28, CoreCivic's Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville, Kentucky, hosted a graduation ceremony to celebrate 12 student-residents who earned a GED and 28 student-residents who earned a Career and Technical Education (CTE) certificate. Among the ...
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How Wellness Programs are Helping Promote Mindfulness for Justice-Involved Individuals in California

7/12/24 9:57 AM
Understanding and confronting mental health struggles can be complex and challenging, but innovative programs at CoreCivic's Boston Avenue reentry facility in San Diego, California, are helping residents break through these barriers. Boston Avenue ...
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Normalization Efforts Bring Resident Kitchen Renovation in Colorado

7/5/24 8:00 AM
It's the little things in life that can make the biggest difference and brighten someone's day. Whether it's enjoying a hot cup of coffee, receiving a random act of kindness from a stranger, or enduring a commute that surprised you with ...
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CoreCivic Partners with Our Journey to Supply Reentry Resource Guidebooks

6/26/24 10:21 AM
Walking through a season of incarceration is challenging. But what can be more challenging for a justice-involved individual is navigating a new life at release, especially if one has served a lengthy sentence and must face the world as it is today, ...
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