Rise-N-Step is a national organization that represents the interest of justice-involved citizens. We believe that our communities are stronger when we rehabilitate incarcerated citizens and effectively integrate then into the community. To that end Rise-N-Step advocates for and supports criminal justice policies and prison reform centered on rehabilitation. We believe reentry must be a program not a process and preparation for re-entry must include evidence-base programs that reduce recidivism. As a membership organization, Rise-N-Step assesses each incarcerated member individually and develops a plan for re-entry that includes education, job training, life skills, employment preparedness, religious support, job placement, housing assistance, family support and re-integration. We believe that re-entry must be a program that begins inside the prison not a process that begins after release.