WOODLAWN COMMUNITY REENTRY

PROJECT CHICAGO

In establishing a relationship with you we, WRP, employ the philosophy of case management. We work with you to assess your individual needs moving then to drafting a plan of action together. Keeping this line of communication alive, we seek to evaluate and modify our methods working with you to ensure the available resources are present, timely, and maximally effective towards achieving your personal goals. We also hope that through this relationship that we can be an ally in times of crisis to help you navigate the problem.

We want to build relationship and community with you on your terms and so open communication stands as one of our highest values. We hope to be the conduit through which you can access the resources you need and an advocate in you fight for restoration.

We at the Woodlawn Reentry Project are committed to ensuring that you can establish a stable and fulfilling professional career. To this end we have a workforce development program including training in entrepreneurship, business, and technology training.

We can help you identify key mentors resources to hone both your hard skills and soft skills to make you a more desirable candidate for any line of employment and more successful wherever you decide to work. Our methods around this include training in the Microsoft Suite, resume and cover letter prep, interview skill workshops, etc.

The dis-engagement and isolation of school-age justice-involved populations outside public education increases risks compromising public-safety in and around local school communities.

We seek then to help you successfully re-engage and reintegrate back into local public schools or to seek a General Equivalency Degree (GED) so that you can move on with your educational experience. Through our academic and tutorial support partnerships forged with University of Chicago Student Organizations, including Columbia College Film Students, we provide resources to enhance your educational/vocational learning experiences.

This article produced by Citylab discusses Cook County's new contract for juvenile anchor monitors and the implications of the technology's use on personal privacy. Gathering testimonies from those who have been subjected to the product's use speaks out against its use arguing its negative effects far outweigh any merit in the technology.

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This article produced by the Center for Media Justice and the Urbana-Campaign Independent Media Center analyzes the move to electronic monitoring (EM) as an alternative to incarceration as decarceration and ending cash bail rise in prominence. The authors call for an end to this e-carceration laying out their reasons throughout the piece as to why when people have done their time they should be cut loose not made to jump through hoops and be shackled with more devices.

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