Prisoner Re-Entry

Transitioning to a Successful Return to the Workforce

Reentry employment strategies can work! An exploration of the issues, barriers and solutions for tapping this underutilized pool of available workers.

Moderated by Senator Dana Redd (D-5)

Panelists: Dr. Stephanie Bush-Baskette, Director, Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University; JJ Lannom, Instructor, Mid-state Correctional Facility, New Jersey Department of Corrections; Patricia McKernan, Chief Operating Officer, Corrections Services, Volunteers of America – Delaware Valley; Wanda Moore, Director of Reentry, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Jersey; Joseph Shields, Executive Director, New Jersey State Parole Board; Rev. DeForest Soaries, Sr. Pastor, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
Bush Baskette presentation