Chris Watler – Reentry Court Solutions

Harlem Reentry Court Toolkit

September 16, 2013 by admin

Sept.16, 2013

“The Harlem Reentry Court Toolkit” is an excellent document, describing in detail the structure, principles, and procedures of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court. It also provides excellent appendices, including program templates, check lists, participant questionaires and other documents that will be helpful to those starting a reentry court or simply interested in understanding how the Harlem program works.

The Harlem Reentry Court Toolkit”, is authored by Debbie Boar and Chris Watler, administrators of the Harlem Community Reentry Task Force and the Harlem Parole Reentry Court, respectively, It is published by the Center for Court Innovation (CCI), and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. [ please click on the image to the left for a PDF: the Harlem Reentry Court Toolkit]

New Analysis of Harlem Parole Court

January 22, 2012March 21, 2011 by admin

March 21, 2011

We first provided a description of Harlem’s Administrative Parole Reentry Court in May of 2010. Since that time, an evaluation of the program has been published by the Center for Court Innovation (CCI), authored by Zach Hamilton, Do Reentry Courts Reduce Recidivism? Results from the Harlem Parole Reentry Court.

Last week, a new description of the Harlem Court was published by CCI, “TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE REENTRY COURT MODEL: THE HARLEM PAROLE REENTRY COURT“. Authored by Chris Watler, Project Director of the Harlem Community Justice Center and Bryn Herrschaft, researcher for the Center For Court Innovation, this powerpoint presentation present new information and data on the effectiveness of the Harlem Project.

Dallas Program: Back in The News

May 7, 2012November 22, 2010 by admin

Nov. 15, 2010

Chris Watler, the Director of the Harlem Community Justice Center (which houses the Harlem Parole Reentry court) takes a look at the Dallas SAFPT Reentry Court. This website published an article on the Dallas reentry program last December (Dallas SAFPC: Where Reentry is Also Preentry), but Chris’s article, (Rethinking Reentry: A Visit To The Dallas Reentry Court) gives a more down to earth description of one of the premiere Reentry Courts in the U.S.

Blog On Reentry Courts

January 22, 2012September 26, 2010 by admin

Sept. 27th

Christopher Watler is the Project Director of the Harlem Community Justice Center where he oversees the operations of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court and Upper Manhattan Reentry Task Force.

Chris blogged from the BJA sponsored “Reentry Court Focus Group” at the NADCP Conference in Boston, in June of this year. I just came across his article, “Drug Court Conference Features Reentry Courts”, in the blog, “Re-Thinking Reentry” and thought it presented a very thoughtful and cogent description of the different reentry court models and the promise of reentry courts. One important point Chris makes is that “Reentry Courts must show results over the next three to five years to justify their role in the national community safety infrastructure”.