LibGuides: Library Resources for People Who Have Experienced Incarceration: Women

Women's Reentry Issues

Female Reentry and Gender Responsive Programming
"Correctional facilities in the United States release 600,000 inmates every year, and 78,000 individuals are women. Women's challenges include employment, addiction, mental illness, housing, transportation, and family reunification. The number of incarcerated women has soared, but reentry services have not kept up with gender-specific factors that support safety, overcoming addiction, and coping with trauma before, during, and after incarceration."
Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry
Each year, nearly 2 million women are released from prison or jail. These women experience unique
challenges during their reentry— the period of transition from correctional confinement to the
community — but correctional programming to support successful reintegration has largely focused on men. Despite evidence that findings from men’s reentry programs may not be generalizable to women, there has not been a commensurate investment in research, development, implementation, or evaluation of programs that integrate gender-specific factors in their designs."

New Mexico Women's Reentry Center

"Our mission is to stop the cycle of re-incarceration by providing training and support to the women of New Mexico, who are recovering from substance use disorder and mental health issues. NMWRC offers peer support services while utilizing SAMHSA 8 dimensions of wellness. Returning women are assigned to a peer that will coach, mentor, and provide skills needed to succeed."

Physical Address: 718 Central Ave SW Albuquerque, NM 87102
Mailing: PO BOX 27054 Albuquerque, NM 87101
Phone: (505) 589-0808
Contact Email: natashag@nmwrc.org

NM Women's Recovery Academy

The NM Women's Recovery Academy provides residential reentry treatment services designed to reduce recidivism. Programs and services currently offered at the New Mexico Women’s Recovery Academy include risk and needs assessments for individuals, substance abuse programming, individual and group counseling, RDAP curriculum, family services and parenting skills, 12-Step meetings, anger management classes, educational/HSD/WorkKeys services, seeking safety groups, and domestic violence classes.

NMWRA is residential reentry center that utilizes peer-led education in a structured, therapeutic setting for women referred to the program by the New Mexico Department of Corrections.

Address: 6000 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105
Phone: (505) 873-2761

Library Resources for People Who Have Experienced Incarceration: Women

Women's Reentry Issues

New Mexico Women's Reentry Center

New Mexico Women's Reentry Center

NM Women's Recovery Academy

Reentry Now