The stigma that former inmates face is often a strong one; those who seek to reestablish their lives are faced with bias and discrimination within the community, causing rehabilitation to be hindered and sometimes, entirely stopped. As a result, these individuals often fall back into the life of crime, and back into the prison system. In an effort to prevent this, the Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council was launched in 2018.
The Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council is an organization that aims to help rehabilitate individuals in the transitional period between prison and home life. The group works with men and women in prison, former prisoners, and those in transition in order to help them transition back into family life, and to become productive members of the community. Their mission is to empower, support, and encourage individuals with past criminal records and those reentering the community from incarceration by strengthening and utilizing resources, and they seek to reduce the barrier, stigma and challenges that individuals face when transitioning home.
The council provides housing and transportation, through a case management system. The program receives funding through the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, which also runs and funds the state’s prison systems. For those who are willing to seek it, the Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council is here to help them reintegrate into the community.
FAYETTEVILLE CUMBERLAND REENTRY COUNCIL
Fayetteville Cumberland REENTRY COUNCIL
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