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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.