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)
Vice President of the Board
Co-Founder, Secretary to the Board and Director of Parole
Founder of Second Chance for Women and Co-Founder of PREPARE
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Our Team
Co-Founder, Secretary to the Board and Director of Parole
Co-Founder and Director of Advocacy
Founder of Second Chance for Women and Co-Founder of PREPARE
Co-Founder and Director of Development
Director of Operations
Director of Reentry & Database Manager
Reentry & Peer Recovery Specialist
Reentry and Peer Recovery Specialist
Parole Advocate
Bookkeeper and Treasurer to the Board
Parole Advocate
Parole Advocate
Parole Advocate & Reentry Specialist
Volunteer Parole Advocate
Office Support
Volunteer Parole Advocate
Volunteer Parole Advocate
Volunteer Parole Advocate
Parole Advocate
Our Advisory Board
Board Member
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
