Part of the Outreach Services department, Justice Initiatives works to support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated patrons and their families.
TeleStory
Connecting families with incarcerated loved ones via video teleconference in a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment.
Reentry Services
One-on-one support, programs, resources, and services for people coming home from jail or prison.
Public Programs
Programs, events, and resources to raise public awareness of issues of racial, social, and economic justice.
Upcoming Events
Welcome Home Reentry Navigator Hours
Have you been incarcerated?
BPL is offering free support provided by people who've been there and know firsthand what reentry is like. Our Reentry Navigators can help with:
Identifying your needs and goalsbringing you in to support circles where you can join a community of…
Welcome Home Monthly Dinner
Welcome Home is Brooklyn Public Library's program to support formerly incarcerated patrons. Our monthly dinners are open to all formerly incarcerated people. They provide a safe place to share a meal, resources, and a conversation facilitated by Brooklyn Public Library’s Reentry…
Welcome Home Reentry Navigator Hours
Have you been incarcerated?
BPL is offering free support provided by people who've been there and know firsthand what reentry is like. Our Reentry Navigators can help with:
Identifying your needs and goalsbringing you in to support circles where you can join a community of…
CBH Talk | David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan Discuss “City Time: On Being Sentenced to Rikers Island”
David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan both served sentences at Rikers. In their book City Time they offer an unvarnished account of the banality and brutality of incarceration at New York City’s notorious jail.
Campbell and Shanahan reconstruct the daily realities…
