The resources below provide more information on the TJC initiative, the model and the learning sites. Check back as additional resources will be released throughout the project.
TJC Materials:
- The TJC Implementation Toolkit is a web-based learning resource 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.
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- The Implementation Toolkit Brochure provides an overview of the toolkit contents and purpose.
- Toolkit author Jeff Mellow of John Jay College of Criminal Justice introduced the TJC Implementation Toolkit during an online session on May 11, 2010. The presentation is available in pdf here; to view this presentation online, click here and select the playback option.
- The TJC brochure provides a brief overview of the TJC initiative and the jail/community transition model.
- A more detailed description of the TJC initiative and model is available in PDF format.
- The TJC model is available in JPEG format.
Additional information on transition from jail and prison is available from the National Institute of Corrections.
Other Jail Transition Resources:
The Elected Official's Toolkit for Jail Reentry provides information and resources for local elected officials interested in launching or expanding a jail reentry initiative. The Toolkit includes an overview of jail reentry, first steps for developing a context-appropriate jail reentry initiative, essential facts and data to engage stakeholders, sample legislation, profiles of elected officials who have championed jail reentry, and a guide to additional resources. The Toolkit is accompanied by a template presentation to assist in explaining jail transition issues within jurisdictions.
Partnering with Jails to Improve Reentry: A Guidebook for Community-Based Organizations provides community-based organizations with an overview of jail reentry and concrete steps to develop and sustain a reentry partnership with their local jail. It also addresses difficulties that might arise, and provides examples of strong partnerships between CBOs and jails that serve as models.
American Jail Association TJC Presentation: TJC Site Liaisons Jesse Jannetta and Kevin Warwick presented the TJC model at the American Jail Reentry training in April, 2009. This presentation goes over the model, key TJC principles, and implementation tools.
The First Line of Defense: Reducing Recidivism at the Local Level is the testimony provided by TJC Co-Director Amy Solomon at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, in November 2009. The testimony describes issues associated with jail reentry, describes efforts under way to target these issues, and explains how the subcommittee can encourage more innovation and evaluation.
Assembling the Jail Reentry Puzzle explains the need for an effective model for jail reentry and details both how the TJC model addresses that need and how it has been implemented in the two pilot sites. This article was originally published in the September/October 2009 edition of American Jails magazine (www.aja.org).
Evidence-Based Practice and Jail Transition discusses the realities of recidivism, the role evidence based practices can play in addressing the problem, and the impact that the collaborative TJC approach can have in re-focusing corrections efforts. This editorial was originally published in the September/October 2009 edition of American Jails magazine (www.aja.org).
Transition from Jail To Community Initiative: One County's Experience describes how Douglas County, one of the TJC pilot sites, has worked to implement the TJC model. This article was originally published in the September/October 2009 edition of American Jails magazine (www.aja.org).
Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community presents an overview of jail reentry and explores how it differs from reentry from state and federal prison. It also includes examples of jail/community transition efforts from around the country.
The Jail Administrators’ Toolkit for Reentry is a handbook for jail practitioners interested in addressing jail/community transition. It covers topics such as assessing inmates’ needs, identifying community resources, educating the public, and measuring the success of jail/community transition efforts.
Jail Reentry Roundtable. In June 2006, The Urban Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation partnered to convene a Jail Reentry Roundtable on the topic of jail to community transition. Materials available online include the nine papers commissioned for the Roundtable and a summary of the discussion.
