Key Publications

 

• Key Documents
• Testimony and Comment Letters
• Legal Briefs
• Fact Sheets

 

Key Documents
 

• GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD: ()
  A Manual for Addressing Driver's License Suspension in New Jersey
  By Nancy L. Fishman, Esq., and Laurel Dumont, Esq., NJISJ. And by John W. Bartlett, Esq., Lowenstein Sandler, P.C.
  July 2008

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• DO NO HARM: A BRIEFING PAPER ON THE REENTRY OF GANG-AFFILIATED INDIVIDUALS IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Provides background information and identifies promising strategies to help guide New Jersey's policy and practice on the reentry of gang-affiliated individuals. Emphasizing evidence-based strategies that could be used to make gang activity less violent and pervasive, the paper synthesizes and translates existing approaches that could be implemented in New Jersey to improve reentry outcomes for this population.
  By Richard Greenberg, NJISJ
  August 2007

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• MORAL PANIC PRESS RELEASE ()
  MORAL PANIC is the Institute's first film that brings together the voices of policymakers, law enforcement, community-based activists, faith leaders, educators, researchers, and gang members themselves, who explain their own motivations, aspirations, and challenges. The 30-minute film features original interviews with Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy, among many others.
  May 2008

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• BRINGING FAMILIES IN: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INCARCERATION, REENTRY & THE FAMILY ROUNDTABLES ()
  A report from a series of roundtables that brought together policy leaders, academics, community activists, service providers, and formerly incarcerated individuals and their family members to talk about both the impact on families of incarceration and reentry and the critical role that family members can and do play when adults and juveniles come home.
  December 2006

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• BRINGING VICTIMS AND VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS INTO REENTRY PLANNING IN NEW JERSEY ()
  How victims and victim service providers can be partners in developing and improving the effectiveness of reentry policies.
  By The National Center for Victims of Crime
  June 2005

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• ESSEX COUNTY SMART BOOK: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR GOING HOME 2008 edition ()
• ESSEX COUNTY SMART BOOK: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR GOING HOME 2005 edition()
  A comprehensive directory of services and resources for reentering individuals.
  By New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
  2005

 

* For other NJ Counties' Guides, visit the NJ Department of Corrections here.

 

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• A PORTRAIT OF PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY ()
  By Jeremy Travis, Sinead Keegan, Eric Cadora with Amy Solomon and Charles Swartz
  November 2003

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• FAMILIES: A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR NEW JERSEY'S PRISONER REENTRY STRATEGY ()
  By Carol Shapiro for the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice
  September 2003

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• SCHOOL RELATED PROBLEMS CONFRONTING NEW JERSEY YOUTH RETURNING TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS FROM JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE COMMISSION PROGRAMS ()
  Presentation for the June 20th session of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By David R. Giles, J.D.
  June 2003

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• COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY OF ADOLESCENTS FROM NEW JERSEY'S JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ()
  Presentation for the June 20th session of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Bruce D. Stout, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  June 2003

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• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EX-OFFENDERS IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Paper prepared for Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute
  April 2003

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• INCARCERATION, EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY ()
  Presentation for Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Professor Bruce Western, Princeton University
  April 2003

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• LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF INCARCERATION FOR REENTRY ()
  Presentation or Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Debbie Mukamal, The Legal Action Center
  April 2003

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• LEGAL BARRIERS TO PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Briefing paper prepared for Session 3 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Nancy Fishman, NJISJ
  April 2003

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• REENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY AFTER ADDICTION TREATMENT WITHIN NEW JERSEY'S PRISON AND JAILS ()
  Paper prepared for session 2 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH and Nancy Violette, LCSW, CADC
  January 2003

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• INVESTING IN HEALTH AND JUSTICE OUTCOMES: ()
  An Investment Strategy for Offenders with Mental Health Problems in New Jersey
  By Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Rutgers University
  January 2003

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• REENTRY ISSUES FOR OFFENDERS LIVING WITH HIV ()
  Paper prepared for session 2 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Riki Jacobs, Hyacinth Foundation
  January 2003

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• A PORTRAIT OF PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Research presentation prepared for session 1 of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable
  By Jeremy Travis and Michelle Waul, The Urban Institute
  October 2002

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• PRISONER REENTRY: The State of Public Opinion ()
  By the Eagleton Institute of Politics Center for Public Interest Polling, Rutgers University
  November 2002

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• AN OVERVIEW OF PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY ()
  Briefing Paper
  By Nancy Fishman, NJISJ
  July 2002

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• ROADBLOCK ON THE WAY TO WORK: Driver's License Suspension in New Jersey ()
  Reports showing how the state's driver's license suspension system forms a barrier to economic advancement for New Jersey's business and residents
  By Ken Zimmerman and Nancy Fishman, NJISJ
  October 2001

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Testimony and Comment Letters
 

• BARRIERS TO REENTRY ()
  Testimony on barriers to reentry formerly incarcerated individuals face in New Jersey, highlighting barriers to employment, housing, and public assistance, and proposed policies to mitigate the impact of these barriers.
  By Nancy Fishman
  January 22, 2007

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• YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION/REDUCTION ()
  Testimony supporting comprehensive community-wide approaches to youth violence prevention/reduction and further data collection to identify evidence-based practices.
  By Craig Levine
  November 20, 2006

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• NEW JERSEY SENTENCING LAWS ()
  Testimony supporting revisions to sentencing laws that facilitate the successful reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals.
  By Nancy Fishman
  June 27, 2006

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• PAYMENT FOR COST OF INCARCERATION ()
  Testimony proposing flexibility in proposal to require individuals to cover their cost of incarceration.
  By Nancy Fishman
  June 27, 2006

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• DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION ()
  Testimony supporting proposal to make driver's license suspension for failure to pay insurance surcharges discretionary and expanding repayment options.
  By Nancy Fishman
  June 27, 2006

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• ‘FIX DMV’ COMMISSION ()
  Testimony urging the state Department of Motor Vehicles (now Motor Vehicle Commission) to ensure that jobseekers not be precluded from employment due to license suspension.
  By Nancy Fishman
  June 27, 2006

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• DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION ()
  Testimony supporting proposal to amend the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act to allow greater judicial discretion in determining when to suspend an individual's driver's license as a result of a drug conviction.
  By Ken Zimmerman
  December 12, 2005

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• YOUTH DETENTION ()
  Coalition comment letter to New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission supporting proposal to reduce the maximum period that a youth may be placed in "room restriction".
  September 16, 2005

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Legal Briefs
 

• DRUG COURT ELIGIBILITY RULING ()
  (download the BRIEF and STATEMENT)
  In State v. Meyer, in which the Institute participated as amicus curiae, the New Jersey Supreme Court restored to drug court eligibility approximately half of the program's historic participants who, two years earlier, had been deemed ineligible by a ruling of a lower court. The New Jersey drug court program is, as the Court noted, both extremely effective in terms of criminal recidivism rates and extremely cost-effective as compared to the cost of imprisonment. When repeat, non-violent criminal offenders whose behavior is rooted in addiction are able to get clean, everyone benefits: the individuals, their families, their communities, and all who live or pay taxes in New Jersey. The Institute thanks our pro bonopartner counsel in this case, Lowenstein Sandler.
  By the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
  September 2007
   

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Fact Sheets
 

PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY
 

• INCARCERATION AND PRISONER REENTRY IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ()
   

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LEGAL BARRIERS TO PRISONER REENTRY IN NEW JERSEY

• Child Support()
• Education()
• Employment()
• Housing()
• License Suspension()
• Parental Rights()
• Public Assistance()
• Voting & Jury Service()

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THE CIVIL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
Issues for Policy and Practice in New Jersey
March 18, 2005

Agenda and Overview
The Civil Consequences of Criminal Convictions in New Jersey
By Nancy Fishman and Ann Cammett

 

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NEW JERSEY REENTRY ROUNDTABLE SERIES
October 2002 - September 2003

Conference Overview
Summary Report

 

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