LIVE STREAM Reentry 2030 Launch Wednesday

April 19 Event Kicks off Missouri Department of Corrections Commitment to Improving Outcomes for People Leaving Prison

Reentry 2030 Launch
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 
Watch the Live Stream on Vimeo

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, watch a live stream of the launch event when Missouri becomes the first state in the U.S. to join Reentry 2030, a national initiative that aims to dramatically improve reentry success for people exiting prison and those on probation or parole.

The Missouri Department of Corrections joins Governor Mike Parson, fellow state and federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Council of State Governments Justice Center, Missouri employers, and private and public entities in committing to the goal of better reentry outcomes. Reentry 2030 envisions a reentry future that is human-centered, coordinated, transparent and equitable.

The department has established an employment-focused goal as part of this initiative. By 2030, we will expand collaborations and partnerships with public and private entities to connect incarcerated Missourians to employment and to prepare them to maintain their employment. We aim for 100% of incarcerated Missourians who need career services to receive them; 85% of formerly incarcerated Missourians to be employed within 30 days of release; and 80% of formerly incarcerated Missourians to maintain their employment for at least nine months after release.

Our department is a recognized leader in reentry. In recent years our team has implemented new programs, forged new partnerships, and gathered tools and resources to help boost success rates for the more than 13,000 Missourians released from state prisons each year as well as the 53,000 on probation or parole. In the last five years, progress has included:

• Implementation of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, which aims to reduce incarceration and reinvest resultant savings in programs that help people succeed in the community
• Transformation of the Transition Center of St. Louis (TCSTL) and conversion of a minimum-security prison into the Transition Center of Kansas City (TCKC); both residential probation and parole facilities follow a four-tiered program for readying Missourians to rejoin the community
• Repurposing the state’s six community supervision centers and converting one into Missouri’s first residential probation and parole facility for women
• Implementation of Improving Community Treatment Success (ICTS) programs in 12 counties to serve Missourians on probation and parole who have significant substance use disorders and require wrap-around support
• Partnerships with multiple nonprofit organizations offering in-person, pre-release reentry programs that give people the skills they need to succeed after incarceration
• Expansion of higher education partnerships to include a dozen colleges and universities providing degree programs in 17 adult institutions; more than 700 incarcerated students are enrolled each semester
• Establishment of 11 reentry centers inside prisons, where offenders access housing and employment specialists and other resources
• Special family days that give incarcerated Missourians who have earned honors the chance to bond with their kids and spend quality time engaged in activities with loved ones in yards and gyms instead of visiting rooms, improving the post-release family-reunification process.

Now we’re ready to take reentry to the next level.

Thank you to everyone who contributes to our shared mission of improving lives for safer communities.

• REENTRY2030 LAUNCH flyer.pdf