The Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative (MPRI)

According to research on national re-entry models, a successful re-entry strategy must incorporate leadership and organizational change, a rational planning process, multi-agency collaboration, and offender-management practices. The MPRI is a comprehensive approach to reducing crime and creating safer neighborhoods through agency and community collaboration.

Led by the Office of the Governor and the Michigan Department of Corrections, the MPRI links key state service agencies, community organizations, and business leaders in Michigan to form a network of integrated services designed to transition former prisoners successfully from the prison back into the community. The program is centered on prevention, rehabilitation, and accountability, with a specific focus on education, treatment, and life skills. Beginning with the prisoner’s intake process, through the incarceration period, and beyond the prisoner’s discharge, the MPRI’s integration of resources and services offers a holistic approach to corrections management and community public safety concerns.

Within the first two years of the Initiative, 15 MPRI sites were developed in the following counties: Berrien, Calhoun, Capital Area, (includes Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties), Genesee, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Muskegon, the Nine-County Rural Area (includes Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Crawford, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Wexford, and Missaukee Counties), Oakland, Saginaw, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne. At the helm of the MPRI sites are local community coordinators working within their respective communities to educate and organize the various teams and committees that collectively comprise the MPRI.

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The MPRI reduces crime through Transitional Accountability Planning.