This page is intended to provide general information about the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Pre-Release and Reentry Program, which provides life enrichment classes, community resources, and reentry services available throughout the state. This program provides an opportunity for inmates to develop basic living skills to allow successful transition back into the community after release from incarceration. Other information provided includes instruction on how to:

• Access immediate food, clothing, and housing
• Obtain a driver's license or personal identification card
• Access faith-based mentoring and support
• Obtain medical and dental care
• Access substance abuse treatment and mental health services
• Obtain job placement, vocational training, and career development
• Re-establish parental rights and child custody

Pre-Release and Reentry Criteria for Participation

• End of Sentence Inmates
• Probationers
• Parole Candidates

The mission of Pre-Release and Reentry is to help incarcerated individuals successfully reintegrate into society beginning with the first day of incarceration. The focus is on three areas.

1. Community partnerships

By forming community partnerships across Alabama, the program can offer more resources to help reintegrating inmates overcome barriers.

2. Empowering the inmate population through education and treatment

The program offers the inmate population education or vocational training and other correctional treatment. This training empowers the inmates and connects them to resources outside in the civilian world. ADOC supports the inmate population, their families, and overall society through assistance, guidance, and education. The program uses evidence and research-based curriculums on pro-social thinking, coping, and life skills.

3. Transitional case management

The reentry part of the program provides transitional case management services. Transitional case management consists of identifying an inmate's basic and technical needs and connecting that inmate with targeted resources prior to release. If an inmate's primary needs for survival are initially addressed (food, clothing and housing), that inmate will have a greater chance of success obtaining a job, supporting themselves and their family, and maintaining a crime-free quality of life.

Successful reintegration into society is the overall goal of the Pre-Release and Reentry Department. This will result in safer cities, counties, adn the state overall.

• Re-Entry Overview
• Re-Entry Resources (links to other agencies and services)
• Re-Entry Contacts (contact a facility representative)