5 th Annual People of Color Conference for Southern Delaware’s mini conference

1. 5th Annual People of Color Conference for Southern Delaware’s mini conference Factors that Impact Successful Reentry After Incarceration SylWoolford Presenter Assistant Professor, Chairperson, Department of Social Work

2. Pre-Entry • The parents • The extended family • The churches • The crime prevention services • The education system • The job training programs • The judicatory system • The Department of Corrections

3. Dysfunctional Institutions? • Two parent families to one parent to no parent! • Everybody is in the same boat. No help! • Churches are not community churches, their influence stops at the front door. • No crime prevention and many temptations • 50% chance of getting a high school diploma • High paying manufacturing jobs are gone, low paying service jobs are growing and higher educationis expensive. • The judiciary system says lock them up and leave them their. • The Department of Corrections wants more jails, more correction officers and more inmates.

4. The Individual fails!!!!

5. The Individual The story of the lame man. John Chapter 5 verse 6 When Jesus saw him and knew he had been lying there a long time he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”

6. Successful Reentry • Get out of the Dept. of Corrections System. • Stay out of the judiciary system • Go to church, develop the moral self. • Give back to the community, you are either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. • Education is a continuum, get educated. • Get some marketable job skills. • Create a support system that supports you and does not judge you. • Be a good son, a good husband, a good brother and a good parent.

7. Thank you for your time! SylWoolford Presenter Assistant Professor, Chairperson, Department of Social Work