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Programs
AMICUS offers a variety of programs designed
to assist offenders in building new lives, both before and after release:
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 One to One provides motivated inmates with a positive and affirming relationship with a trained volunteer. By offering visits and friendship, volunteers help offenders feel cared about, develop trust and gain a new outlook. Volunteers of the same sex are matched with inmates at the Minnesota correctional facilities (MCF) at Stillwater, Oak Park Heights, Lino Lakes and Shakopee. Inmates in the One to One program at MCF - Stillwater have a monthly Connections meeting facilitated by volunteers and/or the Program Director.
In addition, specially trained AMICUS volunteers visit inmates in segregation and in the infirmary at MCF-Oak Park Heights.
To find out more contact Russel Balenger.
| Did you know... that an estimated 50% of inmates never receive visitors!
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 RECONNECT provides re-entry services that help inmates prepare for release and gives ex-offenders much-needed resources in their search for jobs, housing, clothing, family services and more. We also participate in numerous support classes such as SRD (Stop the Revolving Door), TRIAD (Chemical Dependency Unit), Sex Offender classes, Mock Job Fairs, and Transition Fairs.
To find out more contact Ruth Johnson.
| Did you know...
that 95% of those incarcerated will return to the community! |
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 MEN OF RAFIKI (Swahili for "friend") offers pre-release classes and support to African-American men based at the Lino Lakes correctional facility. It helps them explore the spirit of African-American manhood, learn what it means to be a healthy, productive member of a community, and develop the attitudes and skills needed to live an independent and honorable life. Male ex-offenders are also offered a Transition Support Group every Saturday morning 9am - 11am at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 3045 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, One block south of Lake St. 612-827-5919. Network with other men facing barriers to employment, housing, and transportation.
To find out more contact Haywood Kemp .
| Did you know...
that African-Americans in Minnesota are 27 times more likely to be locked up than whites - the worst racial disparity in the country! |
SISTERS HELPING SISTERS provides pre-release classes, transition planning and follow-through assistance to female offenders at the Shakopee correctional facility; supporting them both before and after release as they develop a new outlook, new confidence, and a positive and healthy lifestyle.
To find out more contact Bridget Sanders.
| Did you know...
that the number of women in U.S. prisons has risen 650% in the last two decades! |
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 At the Radius - Duluth location we help serious and chronic juvenile female offenders referred by the state to the Woodland Hills residential facility to heal relationships with family and victims, plan for successful transition back into the community, and build strong circles of support to prepare for release.
To find out more contact Terry Casey, Trauma Counselor, at 218-724-8528 ext. 138 or Matt Johnson, Restorative Justice Coordinator
In Saint Paul, the Radius - Ramsey program works with juvenile female offenders on probation. We use restorative justice circles as well as grief and trauma counseling to heal relationships with family and victims, plan for successful transition back into the community, and build strong circles of support to prepare for release.
To find out more contact Jennifer Baker-Jones, the Radius Program Director, or Allison Bell, Radius Program Coordinator or Amelia Goodyear, Radius Program Counselor or Jamie Williams, Radius Group Co-Facilitator.
| Did you know...
that girls who have been abused or neglected are 2-1/2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes! |
TRAINING
AMICUS offers several types of trainings that are scheduled throughout the year. For individuals interested in ONE-TO-ONE/Mentoring
we offer a three hour orientation.
To find out more about AMICUS trainings contact Kathleen DuChene Training Academy Director or Jacqueline Duhart, Senior Trainer.
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.
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