1.  Specifically designed to support and assist Inmate Facilitators in their efforts to reduce the rate of inmate recidivism throughout North America. 

 

2.  Recidivism is at an all-time high!  Why do an alarming number of ex-convicts return to jail and prison when countless existing reentry programs claim success in reducing recidivism?  Frankly, reentry programs are actually doing a fine job if 25% of inmates who complete the program never return to prison.  Nevertheless, at Evans/Burke we believe the number of returning inmates can be drastically reduced through the Inmates Helping Inmates© program. The key, however, is to begin introducing reentry at the time of incarceration, within the prison facility and continuing after release.

 

3.  Each year 650,000 inmates are released from state and federal prisons and arrive on the doorsteps of unsuspecting communities nationwide. A far greater number reenter society after having been released from local jails; and, for many offenders/defendants, this cycle may occur multiple times in a year. 

 

4. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), within three-years more than 50% of those released from incarceration will be in some form of legal trouble.  President George W. Bush, in his 2004 State of the Union speech, proposed "a four-year, $300 million prisoner reentry initiative to expand job training and placement services, to provide transitional housing and to help newly released inmates receive mentoring.

 

5. Evans/Burke© designed the Inmates Helping Inmates©program to specifically and intensively train and certify Inmate Facilitators who will help other inmates reach their full potential during incarceration and assist the inmates following their release into society.  Inmates Helping Inmates© is a nationwide movement to reduce recidivism.