Primary Goal
To reduce recidivism by addressing the issues that formerly incarcerated people face upon their release from prison. To provide pertinent information and be a wide-ranging resource center that assists individuals in locating life-changing community resources. The ultimate goal is to help foster stronger and safer communities.
To reduce recidivism by addressing the issues that formerly incarcerated people face upon their release from prison. To provide pertinent information and be a wide-ranging resource center that assists individuals in locating life-changing community resources. The ultimate goal is to help foster stronger and safer communities.
Vision Statement
Reentry and reintegration are a philosophical approach to criminal justice, as well as an integral part of the process of family and community rebuilding. Reentry is the approach to the criminal justice system that works towards successful reintegration of a convicted person from the point of adjudication (judgment, sentencing) within the system. Therefore, Reentry begins at the time of adjudication, and is finished when those persons are successfully reintegrated back to their communities. Reentry and reintegration is a process which begins at the time of adjudication, plans for, and provides the necessary services and support system to empower the formerly incarcerated individual to reenter the public, achieve socio-economic steadiness and successfully reintegrate back into family and community life, as well as complete probation and parole without being re-incarcerated.
By focusing on community reintegration, reentry seeks to identify and meet the needs of the individual at each point of the process in a way that supports success in the community. Also, this meaning of Reentry underscores the belief that a person who successfully completes the process is much more likely to lead a productive, crime-free life than when they entered the criminal justice system. FIRP, Inc. believes that the Reentry and Reintegration process consists of multiple stages –
1. Reentry:
a. Incarceration: the period of time when an individual is incarcerated within an institution
b. Pre-Release: the activities that occur inside the institution to prepare a person for release once a date of release is known.
c. Release/Reentry: the period of time beginning at release from the institution through the time at which the individual is stabilized back into the community
2. Reintegration:
a. The period during which a person is reintegrated within their community
b. The active pursuit of a path towards a healthy and productive life
Individuals released from imprisonment back into greater Los Angeles and the surrounding communities will become part of FIRP, Inc.’s integrated and supportive service network comprised of community and faith-based organizations, government and public agencies, and the greater community. This project will jointly create a pathway for the successful reentry and reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals back into the community. FIRP, Inc. will also assist individuals to complete forms to petition the court system for juvenile record sealing, expungement (dismissal) of criminal history, arrest record sealing, and requests for Certificate of Rehabilitation/Governor Pardon.
Reentry and reintegration are a philosophical approach to criminal justice, as well as an integral part of the process of family and community rebuilding. Reentry is the approach to the criminal justice system that works towards successful reintegration of a convicted person from the point of adjudication (judgment, sentencing) within the system. Therefore, Reentry begins at the time of adjudication, and is finished when those persons are successfully reintegrated back to their communities. Reentry and reintegration is a process which begins at the time of adjudication, plans for, and provides the necessary services and support system to empower the formerly incarcerated individual to reenter the public, achieve socio-economic steadiness and successfully reintegrate back into family and community life, as well as complete probation and parole without being re-incarcerated.
By focusing on community reintegration, reentry seeks to identify and meet the needs of the individual at each point of the process in a way that supports success in the community. Also, this meaning of Reentry underscores the belief that a person who successfully completes the process is much more likely to lead a productive, crime-free life than when they entered the criminal justice system. FIRP, Inc. believes that the Reentry and Reintegration process consists of multiple stages –
1. Reentry:
a. Incarceration: the period of time when an individual is incarcerated within an institution
b. Pre-Release: the activities that occur inside the institution to prepare a person for release once a date of release is known.
c. Release/Reentry: the period of time beginning at release from the institution through the time at which the individual is stabilized back into the community
2. Reintegration:
a. The period during which a person is reintegrated within their community
b. The active pursuit of a path towards a healthy and productive life
Individuals released from imprisonment back into greater Los Angeles and the surrounding communities will become part of FIRP, Inc.’s integrated and supportive service network comprised of community and faith-based organizations, government and public agencies, and the greater community. This project will jointly create a pathway for the successful reentry and reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals back into the community. FIRP, Inc. will also assist individuals to complete forms to petition the court system for juvenile record sealing, expungement (dismissal) of criminal history, arrest record sealing, and requests for Certificate of Rehabilitation/Governor Pardon.