Mayor Ras Baraka, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, U.S. Representative Donald Payne, Jr., Rutgers University – Newark School of Criminal Justice Dr. Rod Brunson, and City of Newark Office of Reentry Director Fred Murphy will announce a $1 million federal Department of Justice “Second Chance” grant to aid re-entering offenders at the greatest risk of being victims or perpetrators of an act of homicide, at a press conference on Thursday, November 10 at the Rutgers Law School.
The three-year non-traditional program is a partnership of the City of Newark and Rutgers University – Newark School of Criminal Justice. The Newark Reentry Initiative (NRI) will use data and evidence-based strategies to develop a model that will target those individuals who have recently returned home from incarceration and are at the highest risk for being involved in a homicide. In addition to decreasing recidivism, this program will positively impact violent crime in the City of Newark.
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