Letter from the Commissioner
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From an offender’s first day, the Indiana Department of Correction starts driving the offender down the road to re-entry by providing solution-based re-entry programs. By focusing on the vital areas of character, education, employment, family, health, and housing, programs provided by the DOC focus on breaking down any barriers to re-entry, while still promoting public safety.
Last year, we released 16,000 offenders back into their communities. Our goal is to prepare offenders to lead productive lives and equip them to integrate back into society, while still ensuring that public safety remains a top priority. By engaging in active dialogues and working with both the public and private sectors, we can achieve the ultimate goal of reducing recidivism.
Everyone plays a key role in supporting the transition of individuals from prison to the community. By partnering with communities on the vital issue of re-entry, the DOC can best reduce high recidivism rates and lower the costly cycle of incarceration, release, and return. It is time to make a change, and I invite you to be a part of the solution. Let’s help offenders successfully re-enter their communities, since after all, re-entry is everyone’s business.
Edwin G. Buss,
Commissioner
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