1. Prisoner Reentry in the United States Natalie Branosky Director, Washington DC Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion

2. U.S. unemployment rate

3. Unemployment: gender

4. Unemployment: 16-18s

5. Employment rates: minorities

6. Prisoners in the U.S. The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. has quadrupled in the last 3 decades More than 2 million people in federal and state prisons and local jails (1 in 100 Americans, and according to the World Prison Brief, more inmates than the top 35 European countries combined.) 700,000 are released from STATE prisons each year Corrections costs exceed $65 billion each year Most of this is borne by State and Local governments

7. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ‘To put it simply, reentry has moved from the margins to the mainstream.’ A new Cabinet level inter-agency working group to ensure reentry programmes remain a high priority across govt Second Chance Act funding to coalitions of government and non-profit orgs to assist with employment and other services

8. National Reentry Resource Center and a ‘what works’ library New and more rigourous research on the effectiveness of reentry programmes Expansion and replication of the Justice Reinvestment strategies in States, Counties and tribal communities

9. October 2010: City of Chicago Prisoners and politics Social enterprises Transitional Employment The role of faith-based groups Green collar jobs

10. Green Corrections President: “We will transition from a blue-collar to a green- collar economy.” Maine Department of Corrections: Boiler Operators Program (wood pellets, with oil back-up), wind power capacity at several sites. Prisoners earn certification or licensing in green skills. California’s Green Works programme: Grow organic produce, compost the prison’s food waste, assist with ecological research with universities Others: Virginia, Nevada, Indiana