Practice Goals/Services Provided
Noncustodial employment programs provide formerly incarcerated offenders with job training and career development outside of a traditional correctional setting. These programs aim to increase employment and reduce recidivism by improving the jobs and earnings prospects of recent criminal offenders through employment services provided in a noncustodial setting (i.e., neither prison nor jail). The noncustodial settings include halfway houses, group homes, and other community-based facilities where services may be available to recently released offenders.