RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS
All of Read Muskegon's re-entry programs provide instruction for men and women re-entering our communities after incarceration, helping them build the literacy and communication skills they need to succeed.
Literacy Class at EXIT
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EXIT, Empowering Ex-Offenders in Transition, provides men returning to their community from incarceration at the Muskegon County Jail with intense job and life skills training, education, and work experience.
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Class meets twice weekly and is facilitated by Read Muskegon’s Adult Literacy Instructor/Volunteers
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Men practice functional literacy skills. This includes reading and comprehension of lease agreements, applications, credit cards, etc.
Seventy-five percent of state-incarcerated individuals did not complete high school or can be classified as low literate.
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A residential and nonresidential program for adult offenders as a community-based alternative to incarceration.
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Class meets three times per week to practice functional literacy skills.
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One class focuses on basic literacy skills through a health literacy curriculum.
Literacy Class at KPEP
Book Club at the Jail
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Both the Men and Women's jail offers weekly book club.
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Book Club is facilitated by volunteers with a focus on reading, writing, and comprehension.
Incarcerated individuals who participate in correctional education programs are 43% less likely to recidivate than inmates who do not.
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Volunteer tutors meet with learners once a week.
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Each session is tailored to the needs of individual learners, such as working on their driver's license or GED.