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AMICUS Institute
Conducts best practice research, public education, advocacy, consulting, and technical assistance to develop, promote and replicate best practices for working with offenders.
AMICUS Academy
Provides training to volunteers and corrections professionals in the areas of offender re-entry, institution visits, girls’ services, offender employment, and restorative justice.
New Volunteer Opportunity!
MnCoSA Volunteer
Two New Job Openings!
Radius Program Counselor
Open until filled. Will begin review on May 5th, 2008.
The Amicus Academy presents: Gender Responsive Restorative Programming For Adolescent Girls
Find Out More Here.
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| AMICUS is a Minnesota not-for-profit organization with over 40 years of experience in improving public safety by helping inmates and ex-offenders through positive relationship-building, restorative justice practices and individualized transition services.
Through innovative programming, AMICUS helps inmates and ex-offenders reshape their lives, reach their goals, and make successful transitions from prison into the community. All of the AMICUS programs are relationship-based, community-driven, culturally specific and outcome-oriented.
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MISSION
AMICUS partners with inmates, ex-offenders, juvenile offenders and communities to build successful lives and stronger communities.
Did you know...
that the Minnesota state prison population has increased 86%
in the last decade and is projected to increase an additional 35% through 2009.
- 2001 Commissioner's Report |
At our website, you can learn about offender issues; access AMICUS programs and resources; receive agency updates; and learn about opportunities for volunteering and donating.
We welcome your comments. Click on the email address found throughout the site or call our office at (612) 348-8570.
These Portfolio Class graduates are prepared to further their careers.
The Board of Directors' VISION is that in the future AMICUS is widely recognized for innovative programs that:
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Promote caring and respectful relationships;
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Engage people in communities and resources to support offenders' successful transition into healthy community life;
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Educate the public in an effort to increase awareness and understanding, dispel fear, and promote justice;
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Forward its mission through promotion of the AMICUS model locally and nationally;
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Listen and respond to stakeholders voices;
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Instill hope for the future, heal communities and transform lives.
AMICUS presents "What Works For Girls", a training on working with female juvenile offenders.
Projects are funded/supported, in part, by the Office of Justice Programs through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the Minnesota Department of Corrections. |
