Residents of Institutions
Correctional Facility Resources:
- Regional Transitions Guides:
- Capital District
- Capital Region Connections: A resource guide for Capital District residents presently or formerly incarcerated and their families. 2017-2019
- Schenectady County Resource Booklet. 2017
- Central NY
- Metro (New York City and Westchester)
- Connections: A guide for formerly incarcerated people in New York City
- Westchester Connections: A guide for persons incarcerated, persons formerly incarcerated, and others similarly in need, to assist their re-entry back into society
- Northern NY
- Community Connections: For people returning to Clinton, Essex, or Franklin counties from a correctional facility
- Rochester Region
- Making Moves: A Listing of Transitional Services in the Rochester, NY and Monroe County Area.
- Community Connections – Ontario & Wayne Counties. 2017-2018
- Community Connections – Livingston & Wyoming Counties. 2016-2017
- South Central
- Finding Your Way: A Resource Guide for Ex-Offenders Returning to Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins Counties in New York State. 2017
- Southeastern
- Hudson Valley Connections: A resource guide for ex-offenders returning to Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam or Ulster counties in New York State. 2022
- Coming Back to Ulster County: A guide and resource list for those returning from prison or jail. 2015
- Western
- Capital District
- Resources:
- Correctional Association of NY
- Credit Reports: Federal Trade Commission – Credit Reports | Free credit reports | Financial Planning Association – Repairing Your Credit
- Guidebook for Reentry: Veterans in New York State
- Federal Bonding Program: a unique tool established to assist a “high risk” job applicant in obtaining and retaining a job.
- Fortune Society: mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
- Handbook for Family and Friends of NYS DOCCS Inmates
- How To Get and Cleanup Your New York State Rap Sheet
- Law Help/NY Find free legal services in New York.
- Legal Action Center: information and free downloadable publications including guide to Certificates of Relief From Disabilities and Certificate of Good Conduct, Employment Laws and Housing Laws Affecting Individuals With Criminal Convictions, How to Obtain Important Documents like SS Card, Birth Certificate, etc.
- My Sister’s Keeper: A Book for Women Returning Home from Prison or Jail
- National H.I.R.E. Network, Know Your Rights: Understanding Juvenile & Criminal Records and Their Impact on Employment in New York State
- National Institute of Corrections
- National Reentry Resource Center – People Returning Home
- National Reentry Resource Center – NY State: Covers Bronx, Buffalo & Erie Counties, Capital District, Crown Heights, Dutchess County, Monroe County, Upper Manhattan, Ulster County, Westchester County
- New York State Commission of Correction
- New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) & Corecraft Products
- New York State Offender Reentry Initiative
- New York State Parole Handbook
- Prime Objective: A Guide to Preparing the Job Seeking Ex-Offender 2013 (from the NYS Department of Labor)
- Reentry Education Framework 2016 Guidelines for Providing High-Quality Education for Adults Involved in the Criminal Justice System (from the U.S. Department of Education)
- Reentry Education Tool Kit – Guidelines, tools, and resources to help education providers implement the Reentry Education Framework. The Framework promotes the development of an education continuum spanning facility- and community-based reentry education programs. It has five critical components—program infrastructure, strategic partnerships, education services, transition processes, and sustainability.
- Safe Streets Arts Foundation (incorporating the Prisons Foundation and Victims Foundation): uses the arts to allow all segments of the criminal justice community to communicate with each other and with the public.
