Family Justice founder and president Carol Shapiro will host The Prisoner Reentry Institute's Reel Reentry Film Series tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 7:30 at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Ave., in New York.

Tonight's film is the documentary A Hard Straight, directed by Goro Toshima. The movie "interweaves the stories of two men and one woman as they attempt to construct new lives on the outside."

The Urban Institute report Release Planning for Successful Reentry discusses family and social networks in a section titled "Social Supports." (This section begins on page 21 of the report—page 25 of the PDF.) The paper, written by Nancy La Vigne, Elizabeth Davies, Tobi Palmer, and Robin Halberstadt, cites the Family Justice publication Tapping Social Networks for probation and parole officers.

The second annual Long Walk to Freedom in Richmond, Virginia, had a great turnout and drew awareness to the issues men and women face when returning to the community from jail or prison.

Our colleagues at the nonprofit organization Boaz & Ruth helped organize last month's Walk, which started at the Richmond City Jail and ended across the street at the Freedom House's Conrad Center.

In response to an article about reentry from prison, The Toledo Blade published a letter from Carol Shapiro, founder and president of Family Justice. She stressed that social networks "offer a wealth of resources" and called attention to important family-focused work in Ohio, initiatives that center on improving reentry outcomes.

Read the original article.