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Reentry Challenges During a Pandemic: An Examination of NJ S2519 from the Perspectives of Community Organizers

Topic: 
Volume 85 Number 2
Date: 
September 2021
Abstract: 

On Nov. 4, 2020, over 2,000 people were released early from incarceration through public health emergency credits in New Jersey as part of state legislation to address the disproportionate COVID-19 death rate among incarcerated populations. The authors examine reentry challenges from the perspectives of New Jersey-based community organizers that met with and provided services to people who were part of this mass release.