OVERVIEW
The
Harlem Community Justice Center’s two
reentry projects, The Upper Manhattan Reentry Task Force, and the Harlem Parole
Reentry Court, seek to improve public safety in Upper Manhattan by addressing
the stabilization and crimonogenic needs of individuals coming home from
prison, and by altering community responses that inhibit the successful reentry
of formerly incarcerated individuals. In cooperation with the New York State
Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Department of Corrections and
Community Supervision, the Reentry Task Force and Reentry Court help parolees
returning to the Harlem area make the transition from life in prison to
responsible citizenship, making Upper Manhattan a safer, and more welcoming,
place for all Harlem residents.
