RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
The Health and Reentry Project
The Health and Reentry Project (HARP) brings together diverse stakeholders from health care and criminal justice, including law enforcement, corrections, and health care leaders; community-based organizations, and advocates; and people and communities directly impacted by crime and incarceration, to make systematic changes that improve health and safety.
Jails and prisons face operational challenges to deliver services that improve reentry outcomes while managing variable health care costs and needs. To support jils and prisons in navigating this landscape, HARP offered a virtual training to hear from state and local leaders on their efforts to improve reentry outcomes through operations-responsive partnerships and new approaches to pre-release enrollment and continuity of care.
This discussion highlights how state departments of correction, state prison facilities, and jails can seek technical assistance in implementing successful reentry and health operational practices to reduce crime and recidivism.