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Council of State Governments Justice Center Report Highlights Positive Impact of the Second Chance Act on Recidivism
Since it was passed in 2007, the Second Chance Act has focused on linking individuals returning to communities with treatment, training and services that, in theory, would reduce recidivism. A recently published report by the Council of State Governments Justice

GEO Group Names Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility its Reentry Facility of the Year
The GEO Group, which provides diversified correctional and community reentry services, has named the Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility (ATEF), which delivers innovative cognitive behavioral treatment and vocational training for individuals returning from incarceration to community life, its 2024 Reentry Facility-of-the-Year.

Tulare County Partners with GEO Reentry to Open Innovative Reentry Center
The Adult Division of the Tulare County Probation Department and GEO Reentry Services have opened an innovative reentry program to reduce recidivism and prepare individuals on probation for success in the community. Called the Tulare County Supervised Opportunity and Resource

Alabama PREP Center converts former prison into unique Residential Reentry Program
The Alabama Pardons and Paroles has teamed up with GEO Reentry and a vocational college to deliver treatment and job training in a renovated prison that once held 700 inmates. The program combines cognitive behavioral treatment for individuals who previously

Unique Residential Reentry Program in Alabama combines treatment with vocational training
Overseen by the Alabama Department of Corrections and managed by GEO Reentry, the Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility (ATEF) is the first and largest, with more than 700 residents, residential reentry center in the region. It is playing an instrumental role

GEO Reentry Residential Program partners with nonprofit to help reentrants gain good jobs
Opened in 2004, GEO Reentry’s Long Beach Community Reentry Center supports the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide transitional housing and cognitive behavioral treatment services to individuals on parole. The Long Beach Community Reentry Center provides temporary housing,