NCJ Number
231311
Date Published
August 2010
Length
55 pages
Annotation
This report provides guidance on promising practices and strategies related to offender reentry in Indian Country.
Abstract
Indian tribes confront serious issues as tribal governments dealing with tribal citizens returning home from short- or long-term incarceration, raising questions about the rehabilitation of the offender and the safety of the community. As a result of these issues, tribal governments are becoming more proactive as they look for options and ways to meet the reentry and reintegration needs and concerns of ex-offenders and the tribal communities they may return to upon release. The purpose of this report is to assist tribal justice practitioners, administrators, and policymakers design and develop reentry strategies for adult and juvenile offenders returning to their tribal communities. It provides a historical overview, gives guidance in developing reentry programs, provides general reentry policy considerations and recommendations, highlights tribal reentry programs, and provides federal and other resources. Reentry, while raising issues and presenting problems, also provides an opportunity to validate and encourage the traditional tribal processes. Any long-term solution to reentry requires the development of policies that govern reentry processes, service delivery, and community expectations of offenders. List of resources and 33 endnotes