WISE helps female inmates in San Diego successfully re-enter their communities.
"When you heal the woman, you heal the family."
Let's continue healing families.
-Jackie Reed, CEO
WISE is a grass-roots organization that is dedicated to counseling, educating, and preparing women inmates for successful re-entry into their communities; to training, supporting and assisting women upon release to overcome discrimination, negative stigmas, and other obstacles associated with their past and reentry needs; and to empowering them to become self-sufficient and productive members of society
How we help
WISE was founded and is run by a formerly incarcerated person, Jackie Reed. Jackie knows what it’s like at a detailed, real-world level. She puts her soul end effort into everyone she helps and will do what it takes to help you get a successful start on the outside.
Why it matters
1 in 2 adults in the US has had an immediate family member incarcerated for at least one night in jail or prison.
60% of formerly incarcerated people remain unemployed one year after being released.
77% of people returning home from prison are rearrested within five years.
It’s even harder for women, since most of the programs that support the previously incarcerated focus on the larger population of men.
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