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NJRC Launches The Governor’s Reentry Training & Employment Center
Wendy Neu, CEO, Hugo Neu Corporation, provides keys to statewide New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) Employment & Training Center. Kearny, NJ – A 25,000 square foot Employment & Training Center was…
Read MoreOPIOID DEATHS ROSE MORE SLOWLY IN NEW JERSEY IN JUNE
By Michael Symons For the original article click here. Opioid-related deaths have risen year-over-year for eight straight months in New Jersey – but the 4% increase in June was the smallest in…
Read MoreMcGREEVEY GROUP TO HELP WOMEN EX-CONS RESTART THEIR LIVES
By David Matthau For the original article click here. The New Jersey Reentry Corporation, a nonprofit group that helps people who have been incarcerated find jobs and housing, is launching an effort…
Read MoreThousands of N.J. inmates could be released soon. But funding to keep them from returning to prison has been cut.
By Blake Nelson For the original article click here. On the eve of what could be the largest prisoner release in modern state history, New Jersey has cut funding for programs that…
Read MoreLeaving Jail, Kicking Heroin, and Then Facing the Pandemic
By MATT KATZ, WNYC For the original article click here. In April, Rob Camidge was released from a short stint in jail and right into a pandemic. Recovering from a heroin addiction…
Read More1Huddle Announces Strategic Partnership with New Jersey Reentry Corp. To Streamline Its Current Onboarding Processes and Increase Overall Preparedness for Local Workforce
For the original article click here. 1Huddle will work closely with NJ Reentry to implement the agency’s vision and culture into its job preparedness programs through innovative gamification methods NEWARK, N.J., Aug.…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter. Don’t cut prisoner re-entry programs.
By Tom Moran For the original article click here. Americans of good will are eager to purge the racism from our criminal justice system, starting with a fight against police brutality and…
Read MoreNew Essex County Re-Entry Facility Provides Women Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy Training
By M.E. CAGNASSOLA For the original article click here. NEWARK, NJ — Leaders including the Rev. Al Sharpton, Gov. Phil Murphy, Mayor Ras Baraka and members of the New Jersey state…
Read MoreNJ Reentry Corporation opens new Newark site
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Reentry Corporation opened a new site on Bergen Avenue in Newark Tuesday, in partnership with National Action Network and other partners, to bring job training,…
Read MoreCitizens on parole, probation will make their voices heard in 2020
By KELLY GIULIANO, Staff Writer For the original article click here. Jesse Gallagher, 40, of Freehold, has never voted in an election. Although he has been on parole three times and faces…
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