I met Jim McGreevey, former Governor of NJ, a few years ago when my wife and I were traveling down the NJ Turnpike to visit a friend in Maryland. He was Executive Director for Martin’s Place in Jersey City, NJ at the time. I had sent him a copy of my book In the Matter of Edwin Potter: Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Reform. When I told him who I was, he ran around his car to shake my hand.
Today Jim is the Chairman of the Board for New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) which is a non-profit agency with a social mission to remove all barriers to employment for citizens returning from incarceration. Briefly, from its website (www.njreentry.org/about) :
The NJRC is premised on the ambition to create an environment that promotes pro-social norms, encouraging the establishment of attachments to positive rehabilitative cultures, strengthening bonds among peers who promote positive norms and values, and promoting family reunification. Participants receive individualized assessments and treatment plans that first address essential needs, including housing, treatment, mental health care, medical care, and access to health insurance and other public benefits to secure these essential needs. Furthermore, gainful employment is the most critical aspect of post-prison reentry. Job training, employment counseling, as well as employment placement programs are essential tools for effective reintegration and workforce development.
Currently, NJRC will be holding its annual reentry conference at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City on Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 9-4 (ET). They will address combat trauma.
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David Geiger is a licensed and retired professional electrical engineer who spent 7 years in psychiatric hospitals and over 40 years since 1979 in the courts as a result of his schizophrenia. He began writing about mental illness and criminal justice reform in May 1998. He writes about his illness in his book In the Matter of Edwin Potter as well as those who have the illness and are caught up in the criminal legal system.