New England Reentry Programs – Massachusetts

Brooke House

Website: https://www.crj.org/divisions/social-justice-services/programs/

Criteria: Inmate must meet Classification criteria

A residential community pre-release house for male offenders provides a structured and transitional environment with a capacity for up to fifty residents.  Brooke House’s goal is to change offender criminal behavior and thinking, and to prepare residents for successful re-entry to their communities through assistance with employment, addictions, housing and other identified needs.

Community Works Program (CWP)

Website: https://scsdma.org/the-community-works-program-cwp/

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, through the Community Works Program (CWP), sends properly classified inmates nearing the completion of their sentences into communities, under the constant watch of an armed Sheriff’s deputy, to provide labor for many city, state and town projects. Cleaning vacant lots, beautifying roadway intersections, painting street lamps, boarding and securing abandoned homes and shoveling senior citizen housing walkways are just some of many innovative jobs the inmates complete. The Community Works Program is involved in assisting the community and we undertake only those projects that may never be completed due to costs restraints or lack of personnel. CWP is an essential part of vocational and job training services provided to offenders before release from the Suffolk County House of Correction.

ROCA

Website: https://rocainc.org/

Criteria: The inmates attending must be residents of Chelsea, Revere,
East Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts. Ages 16-24
ROCA’s goal is to establish a link to incarcerated men so that, upon their return to the community they will have a connection to the agency and its resources which include ESOL, pre-GED, GED and job preparation peacemaking circles, and leadership development.