by David Reed | Nov 4, 2019 | Thoughts From The Director
It’s been quite a year……… To say that 2019 has been “quite a year” might be an understatement. Please be looking forward to the End-of-Year Special Edition of our in2Action newsletter in early December. In this edition, however, I wanted to provide just an overview....
by in2Action Editorial Staff | Aug 12, 2019 | Thoughts From The Director
“Do I really need to go to treatment again?” This is a question we hear all the time from people returning to our community after incarceration. My response is often NO and here is why. As a result of the ‘War on Drugs’ and our failed policies which criminalized...
by in2Action Editorial Staff | May 5, 2019 | Thoughts From The Director
Last month I discussed our Phase-1 structure. And while many people released from prison returning to the Columbia/Boone County area choose not to come to in2Action because of our structure, our experience has shown this structure is required to achieve positive...
by in2Action Editorial Staff | Feb 11, 2019 | Thoughts From The Director
HOW we do what we do and get the results we are getting? In the last newsletter, I discussed what in2Action does, and how our efforts reduce recidivism by over 50%. In this edition, I will begin the conversation on how we get these results. To start, how does someone...
by in2Action Editorial Staff | Oct 29, 2018 | Thoughts From The Director
What are we trying to accomplish? Are we making a difference? Why does it matter? In the mid-70’s, Robert Martinson reviewed all the evaluations of criminal rehabilitation programs between 1945 and 1967. His conclusion has since been dubbed the “Nothing Works...
by in2Action Editorial Staff | Jul 22, 2018 | Thoughts From The Director
“What makes in2Action successful?” I am often asked why in2Action recidivism rates are so much better than most other programs. There is certainly no quick answer to this but let me start with some of the numbers. For FY 2015-2016, 27.3% of all state prisoners...
