Reentry
Returning to the community from prison or jail is a complex transition for formerly incarcerated individuals as well as for their families and communities. Upon reentering society, people are likely to struggle with substance use, lack of adequate education and job skills, limited housing options, and mental health issues.  

In North Carolina alone, over 95% of the almost 3,000 women currently housed in state prisons will be released at some time in the future, often into hostile and difficult-to-navigate environments replete with barriers to obtaining jobs, housing, transportation and social services.  They have paid their debt to society and can indeed become successful, productive citizens, but all too often they do not for a myriad of reasons that boil down to a common cause – lack of preparation to face the challenges of life in a law-abiding way.  As a result, almost 30% of women released from North Carolina prisons return within three years; even more return over time.

Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women brings its work outside the walls of the prison through various initiatives in partnership with other local providers, nonprofits, government agencies and formerly incarcerated individuals through case management, practical assistance, resource and referral support and post-release mentoring.

Case Management

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Post-Release
​Mentoring

Hope Bags



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​Community Networks

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Practical Assistance

Supportive services and referrals to resources across the State to justice-involved women in the early days of their release, or who find themselves needing renewed support during a life transition.  
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1:1, group and circle-based reentry mentoring to formerly incarcerated women.  Some of these programs include subsidized housing.  Please click here for more information about these programs and how to become a mentor.
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Reentry bags for every woman who has resided at the Raleigh Unit for more than 30 days, providing practical assistance to women for their first weeks and month out of prison, while their attention is necessarily focused on re-acclimating to the broader society and securing employment, housing, transportation and reuniting with their families. Please click here for more information about this program that relies on the generous support of community partners like you.

​IPMW is a member of the Wake County Local Reentry Council and Community Partners Network, organized networks of individuals, nonprofits and agencies that that offer assistance and resources to help formerly incarcerated individuals to become productive citizens, reduce recidivism, and victimization.  

Through partnership with Catholic Charities, Wheels4Hope,  The Green Chair Project, Dorcas Ministries and others, IPMW refers women in our programs for much-needed resources including housing, transportation, furniture, clothes and more.