Executive Summary

Turn90’s mission is to improve life outcomes for men leaving prison. 600,000+ people in the United States leave prison each year; 62% are rearrested within three years.

Individuals leaving prison have needs unique to their life histories, risk factors and reentry challenges. Networks of criminal associates, lifestyle addictions, and norms of violence combine with poverty, felony labels, and a lack of job skills and education to create a very challenging situation at prison’s door.

Turn90 is a specialized solution to solve a complex problem.

We operate three reentry centers in South Carolina. 60% of permanent staff are program graduates. The approach is evidence-informed and immersive:

* daily cognitive-behavioral classes to develop social, coping, and problem-solving skills

* supportive services delivered by graduates trained as peer mentors

* full-time paid transitional employment in Turn90’s social enterprises

* placement into an entry-level career job at Turn90 or a job partner

Making a deep investment in a person’s emotional, social, behavioral and financial well-being gives them the skills to manage life differently, a pathway to legal employment, and an offramp from the incarceration cycle.

Since inception, hundreds have enrolled. 78% of graduates remain arrest-free, reducing national rates by two-thirds. 89% of graduates remain employed 90 days or more.

Turn90’s work in South Carolina is part of a bigger vision.

Our goal is to create a model of prison reentry proven to reduce recidivism that can be replicated nationwide – something which has never been done.

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