About Us
History
PREPARE developed out of Second Chance for Women, which was founded by Maryjoel Davis. It was relaunched as PREPARE in June 2021. An individual’s journey towards release and a successful reentry is necessarily a collaborative process. The work of PREPARE therefore engages many different people:
- The candidates for parole who are putting their journey of self-development before the Parole Commission. It is their life stories which are at the heart of the process. It is they who do the hard work.
- The peers on the inside who help raise up others by guiding them through the the process.
- The families and friends on the outside who provide the love and support necessary to get through incarceration and build a strong reentry plan.
- The Parole Advocates on the outside who help bring all these different elements into a well put together case for parole.
- The Reentry service providers on the outside who help give substance to a bid for parole by connecting with people before their parole hearings.
- The staff within the prison - case managers, COs, wardens, VAC officers - who facilitate PREPARE being able to provide our services.
- The Parole Commission - administrators and parole commissioners alike - whose receptiveness to PREPARE's work makes our striving towards best practice in parole hearing preparation a realistic goal.
Our Board
President of the Board (Retired Maryland Parole Commissioner)
Co-Founder and Director of Parole
Founder of Second Chance for Women and Co-Founder of PREPARE
Maryland State Department of Education, Administrative Assistance
Attorney
Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
Secretary to the Board, Retired Captain in the United States Coast Guard
Retired Prison Social Worker
Our Team
Co-Founder and Director of Advocacy
Co-Founder and Director of Development
Director of Operations
Director of Reentry & Database Manager
Director of PREPARE for Success
Reentry and Peer Recovery Specialist
Parole Advocate
Bookkeeper and Treasurer to the Board
Parole Advocate
Parole Advocate
Parole Advocate & Reentry Specialist
Our Advisory Board
Business Owner
Director of Advocacy at the Justice Policy Institute
United States Congressman
Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative
Senior Program Manager, Reentry Program, Catholic Charities DC
Former Warden of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women
Former Warden of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women
Doctor of Criminology, Volunteer Parole Advocate with PREPARE
Founder of returnhome.org , Attorney, Volunteer Parole Advocate with PREPARE
Retired Chief Judge at the SEC, Founder of the MCIW book club and college program
Experential Analyst
