What it Means for You...

... and Your Community?

By decreasing the likelihood of recidivism among clients, Project Return provides tangible returns to Nashville and surrounding communities. First, the tax burden associated with re-incarceration is reduced. Secondly, if we consider the cost benefit of ex-offenders paying taxes and contributing to the over­all economy, the returns are significantly greater. And finally, PRI’s programs aid in ending the inter­generational cycle of joblessness, poverty and crime for future generations.

Why Promote Systemic Change?

Any solution to the recalcitrant social problem of rein­tegrating ex-offenders into the community requires the collaborative contributions of agencies charged with ensuring public safety, public health, and employmen­t opportunities. PRI seeks to promote systemic change while protecting public safety by successfully reintegrating former offenders through direct collaboration with the community. There is always a dynamic tension between the community’s need for safety and the ex-offender’s need to return to society. Although protecting public safety and social order are paramount, significant investment also must be made in the successful reentry of the offender. In this sense, “good reentry is good public safety.”

"Parole releases an individual from the razor wire...  Our job is to remove the razor wire from the mind."