The Department of Justice began looking into the potential of reentry courts in the late 1990s. This call for concept papers is a significant historical and conceptual document, laying out the “core principles of the Reentry Court”, their justification, and the reentry efforts that existed within the DOJ.
REENTRY COURTS: MANAGING THE TRANSITION FROM PRISON TO COMMUNITY
A CALL FOR CONCEPT PAPERS;
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS;
SEPTEMBER 1999
