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Our Mission
Our mission is to provide employment opportunities to women who have been faced with incarceration and need help reintegrating into society and putting their lives back together.
Our Vision
Reentry Center for Women seeks to improve the quality of life for its clients while actively engaging the community to help advocate public policy change within the criminal justice system. These changes will help reduce the female prison population and ultimately keep families together.
Our Values
At the heart of everything we do are our core values. We believe in doing the right thing for our clients and continually emphasize our desire to improve life and increase individual motivation for ex-incarcerated women, while delivering our reentry program to the highest standard and regard for those who rely on us.
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Contact Us
How to Reach Us
Reentry Center for Women provides advocacy and support to justice-involved women who are recently paroled as well as active probationers--no referral is required. Unsure which program is right for you? Call our office Monday-Friday between 9 am and 5 pm, send an email or DM anytime via Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. If you are currently incarcerated, within 90 days from release and need a job, please write to us: RCW, PO Box 1902, Cary, North Carolina 27512. If you would like to get started in our reentry program or have a general question about any of our initiatives, please fill out the form below. You may also call us at 919-348-9338 or send an email to info@reentrycenterforwomen.org.
Our seminars are held twice monthly via Zoom or Google Meet. Consultations are by appointment only. We also offer virtual appointments upon request. RCW does not accept walk-ins. If you have non-program related questions, fill out the form below, choose the "other" option then type your message. You may also call our office to speak with a staff member.
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919-348-9338
Mailing Address
PO Box 1902
Cary, North Carolina 27512
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Physical Address
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555 Fayetteville Street
Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27601
Restoring Hope To Justice-Involved Women
Women offenders have special needs that often are not addressed during incarceration. As a result, transitioning from incarceration can be challenging and even impossible for many.
In 2021, there were roughly 228 women who returned to the Triangle area from state prison and in 2022, that number increased slightly to 232 (NC DPS - Office of Research & Planning, 2023). Also in 2022, there were more than 800 women serving their sentences on community probation throughout the Triangle area. Of both parolees and probationers, more than 80% were mothers of minor children and had the primary responsibility for their care prior to and following incarceration. Ex-incarcerated women are more likely than their male peers to experience higher levels of poverty, homelessness and abuse following a jail or prison term--making the post-prison transition much more difficult.
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Research suggests that focusing on the differences between female and male conduits to criminality as well as applying gender-specific interventions, results in more positive outcomes. In the end, the application of specialized practices in criminal justice reform equals greater success for women ex-offenders when attempting to re-establish new pathways to society. It is also proven that the implementation of community-based, gender-responsive practices contributes to lower rates of female recidivism which in turn benefits justice-involved women, their families, the community and society as a whole.