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Leaving 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...
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1Huddle 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...
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Black 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...
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New 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,...
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NJ 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...
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Citizens 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....
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PRISONER RE-ENTRY: WATCH THE TOWN HALL REPLAY

By TownSquare Staff For the original article please click here.  This week, New Jersey 101.5 presented a special in-studio "town hall"...
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No parole, no family — how NJ’s ‘max outs’ survive after prison

About 40% of the individuals assisted by New Jersey Reentry Corporation are "max outs" - they served their full sentence,...
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‘Wire’ Star Joins Group’s Efforts to Help Ex-Convicts in NJ Stay on the Right Path

NBC, New York For the original article click here. An actor celebrated for playing a murderous criminal on TV lent his...
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‘Wire’ star touts New Jersey prisoner reentry efforts

By David Porter, Associated Press For the original article click here.  NEWARK, N.J. -- An actor celebrated for playing a murderous...
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Reentry Programs Should Address Risk Factors for Trauma: Ex-NJ Gov

By TCR Staff For the original link click here Risk factors for addiction continue to complicate efforts by the formerly incarcerated to...
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60 Former Prison Inmates in NJ Get New Careers, Fresh Starts

By Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff | Web Article Link NEWARK, NJ - A New Jersey nonprofit is helping five dozen formerly incarcerated Garden...