On April 4, the Criminology Club hosted an event in the Marshall Student Center to showcase and celebrate the remarkable progress of the Aiding in Reentry (AiR) program.
AiR is an employment-focused prison reentry initiative in which incarcerated individuals at three state prisons participate in a 13-week course designed to prepare them for release. Simultaneously, undergraduate students enrolled in a USF course study their cases and support AiR participants by developing personalized reentry plans and resumes.
The AiR program provides community-engaged educational opportunities for USF students.
First piloted in the summer of 2024, the program has now served nearly 300 incarcerated individuals across three cohorts, with a fourth cohort beginning in May. In addition to supporting reentry efforts, AiR has provided community-engaged educational opportunities for over 150 USF students and facilitates high-quality research aimed at improving outcomes for individuals transitioning out of incarceration.