durham prisoner resource round table presentation 07.21.09

The Nuts & Bolts of Incarceration

From Arrest to Release

Hosted by Greater Word Empowerment Church

Nuts & Bolts of IncarcerationFrom Arrest to Release

• Welcome from Greater Word Empowerment Church

• Introductions

•  The Durham Prisoner Resource Round Table (DPRRT)

•  Purpose for the Meeting

•  North Carolina Department of Corrections

•  Bureau of Prisons

Nuts & Bolts of IncarcerationFrom Arrest to Release

• Community Corrections

•  Durham County Criminal Justice Resource Center

•  Questions and Answers

•  Durham Prisoner Resource Round Table (DPRRT) - Next Steps

•  Closing/Networking

Durham Prisoner Resource Roundtable

an all inclusive initiative, assists persons and families affected by

incarceration (formerly, currently, or at-risk)

Meets 1st TuesdaysUnion Baptist Church

904 N. Roxboro Rd., Durham, NC919- 688-1304

http://durhamprisonroundtable.lefora.com/forum/

Our Intent: To put individuals & families affected by incarceration in the midst of a team of

encouragers and services provided within Durham County

Our Mission

The Durham Prisoner Resource Round Table (DPRRT) seeks to strengthen communities by connecting the disconnected by improving housing, education and training skills, health services, employment, family and juvenile justice, and faith ministry.

Key Issues for Prisoners, Returning Citizens & Families

• Education & Skills Training

• Employment• Faith Based Ministry• Family• Health (Physical &

Mental)

• Community Education• Legislative Updates• Advocacy • Housing• Juvenile Delinquency

DPRRT Subcommittees

• Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship - 2nd Wednesdays from 10 - 11 in the Library at UBC

• Faith Based Ministry - 4th Monday - time and location TBA

• Family, Prevention & Juvenile Justice – 1st Tuesday from 2-3 immediately after DPRRT mtg.

• Health Services -TBA

• Housing - TBA

RE-Entry Success

Based on Relationship Between Events

beginning incarceration

+

release into the community.

What We Know

Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council & Other Evidence Based Practice

(EBP)

What We Want to Do?• Develop relationship with

Correctional facility staff & Community Corrections releasing to Durham County

• Develop relationship with inmate and family 9 months – 3 yrs prior to release

• Comprehensive assessment of individual & family needs

• Develop re-entry plan

• Resource Check ListResume, SSN/Birth Certificate, State ID/Driver’s License – within 24 hrs (waiver), Clothing, Bus Passes, Food Coupons

2009 Agenda• Identify Existing Services -

Durham Specific Resource Directory

• Networking/

Collaboration - Identify Service Gaps

• Meetings with Representatives from BOP, DOC & CJRC

• Refine Re-entry Assessment

• Educational Forums

• Employment Fair

• Creation of Employment / Entrepreneurial Opportunities

• Collaboration between CBO & FBO - Encouragement Teams

• Fragile Families Research Study Group

N.C. Corrections

Prison Facilities

within

1 Hr. Radius

The Nuts & Bolts ofIncarceration: From Arrest to

Release

Monday, January 12, 2009

from 5:30 – 7:30

Greater Word Empowerment Church

1230 Avondale Dr, Durham, N.C.

Caswell Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 484

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Medium

Administrator:

Judy W. Brandon

Central Prison

Inmate Capacity: 1000

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Close

Administrator:

Gerald Branker

Durham Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 216

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Minimum

Administrator:

David Cates

Harnett Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 854

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Medium

Administrator:

Joseph Hall

N.C. Correctional Institute for Women

Inmate Capacity: 1300

Inmate Gender: Female

Custody Level:

Close/Medium/Minimum

Administrator: Warden Annie Harvey

North Piedmont Correctional Center

Inmate capacity: 144

Inmate gender: Female

Custody level: Minimum

Administrator:

Benita Witherspoon

Orange Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 180

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Minimum

Administrator: Michael Thumm

Polk Correctional Center

Inmate capacity: 1012

Inmate gender: Male

Custody level: Close

Administrator: Dennis Rowland

Raleigh Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 186

Inmate Gender: Female

Custody Level: Minimum

Superintendent: Kenneth Royster

Sanford Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 302

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Minimum

Administrator:

Jimmy L. Currin

Wake Correctional Center

Inmate Capacity: 414

Inmate Gender: Male

Custody Level: Minimum

Administrator:

James Langston