Last year we took steps toward expanding the scope and effectiveness of what we do.  This year we have been consolidating and deepening our understanding of what men on the inside need and how to better serve them as they return to the community.  Highlights:

• · In March of this year JCP co-sponsored a workshop at Suffolk University in Boston entitled “Wearing the Scarlet Letter: The Challenges and Possibilities of CORI Reform”  Panelists discussed the legal and social context of reentry as it relates to the transitional process from prison to community.
• · Our 5^th Weekend Intensive Training (2-days) was held at Bay State Correctional Center, March 14-15.  Facilitators for this workshop came from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, Wisconsin and California.
• · Our 6^th Weekend Intensive Training (3-days) was held at FMC Devens, June 25-27.  This workshop was facilitated by men from Massachusetts, Rhode Island,  New York and New Jersey.
• · Our 2^nd Weekend Intensive Training at MCI-Norfolk is scheduled for September  25-26.
• This year, as in the past, men from our facilitators teams traveled to Wisconsin to support our brothers in the T.R.U.T.H. project (To Restore Understanding Trust and Hope).  Our collaboration with T.R.U.T.H. gives members of our team greater insight into and appreciation of the power of our inside work.
• · A new volunteer-based project at the Dallas County Jail entitled the “New Tools Circle” has been inspired by JCP. This program applies the approaches and techniques developed in our prison circles to men serving time in Texas.