Maine Resources Southern Maine Women's Re-entry Center maine.gov/corrections/facilities/wrc/index.htm Located in Cumberland County, the Southern Maine Re-entry Center is designed to give women the skills and experience they need to successfully live as positive citizens and employees after they transition from state correctional facilities into their home communities. The program uses gender-responsive principles as the foundation of all its programming and operations. Restorative Justice Project communityalternatives.org/ The Restorative Justice Project provides restorative conferences for adult and juvenile offenders in Knox. Waldo. Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties. The organization partners with the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center – a residential facility for men. In addition to community events and mentorship, the organization provides a five-week introductory course on Restorative Justice. Esther Residence goodshepherdparish.us/esther-residence Esther Residence is for women age 20 or older. Participants must be drug and alcohol free, participate in household responsibilities, live with two other residents and three staff members, and participate in daily reflection sessions that are nondenominational. The organization partners with local churches. .
National Resources American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights Prisoners’ rights to read, write, speak, practice their religion, and communicate with the outside world are often curtailed far beyond what is necessary for institutional security. Not only are these activities central to the ability of prisoners to retain their humanity, but they also contribute to the flow of information between prisons and the outside world and thus provide a vital form of oversight of these closed institutions.
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