Over nine million people pass through America's local jails each year and these individuals often receive little in the way of services, support, or supervision as they leave jail and reenter the community. In response to the need for jurisdictions across the country to address jail/community transition, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) partnered with the Urban Institute (UI) in 2007 to launch the Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) initiative.
TJC involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of a model for jail to community transition. The TJC model is not a discrete program; it is a new way of doing business that entails systems change and the development of collaborative relationships between jail and community partners. The goal of the TJC model is to improve public safety and reintegration outcomes. The TJC approach is being implemented in six jurisdictions and technical assistance products will be created for communities across the country.
This website contains information about the TJC model and the pilot sites, as well as other materials on jail/community transition. For more information, contact tjc@urban.org. Additional information about TJC and other NIC reentry efforts is available at the National Institute of Corrections.
The National Institute of Corrections and the Urban Institute announce the release of the Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) Implementation Toolkit. This web-based learning resource is designed to guide jurisdictions through implementation of the TJC model, in whole or in part. The Toolkit serves as a hands-on resource for users interested in jail reentry, whether in a criminal justice or community-based organization.
Users can navigate the nine modules at their own pace. Toolkit modules incorporate examples from jurisdictions across the country, tools developed to facilitate implementation in the six current TJC learning sites, resource suggestions, and detailed content.
The Toolkit can be accessed at www.jailtransition.com/Toolkit.
Materials presented at the Web-Ex session with author Jeff Mellow introducing the Implementation Toolkit on May 11, 2010, are available in the Resources for the Field section of this website.
National Institute of Corrections
THE URBAN INSTITUTE
Justice Policy Center
