Off Paper – Episode 21: A Reentry-Centered Approach to U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services

Jay Whetzel, criminal justice consultant and former Probation Administrator at AOUSC, Scott Anders, Director of the St. Louis (Mo.) County Jail and former Chief U.S. Probation Officer, and Marie Garcia, Senior Social Science Analyst at the DOJ National Institute of Justice, talk about their article “All Hands on Deck! Toward a Reentry-Centered Vision for Federal Probation,” published in the December 2020 issue of Federal Probation. The article describes a holistic approach to reentry work, from pretrial through presentence and postconviction. Chris Dozier, retired Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer for the district of New Jersey, describes why she believes that “Reentry Begins at Arrest,” and former BOP resident Shon Hopwood, now Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and Clark Porter, M.S.W., who serves as Community Resource Specialist for the Eastern District of Missouri U.S. Probation office, share their reentry experiences and what they think could make the process better for others.