Facts:
-The average sentence in NC is 3 to 5 years
-95% of people incarcerated today will be released at some point
-Almost 24,000 people are released and go home every day
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 March of 2018.
The Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council is an organization, funded since November of 2017, 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 Fayetteville 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 for any of the life needs of former inmates, including housing and transportation, through a case management system. They receive funding through the North Carolina Department of Safety, which also runs and funds the state’s prison systems, as well as the Fayetteville Police Department. For those who are willing to seek it, the Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council is here to help them reintegrate into the outside life.
Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council
Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council
Fayetteville Cumberland Reentry Council