Solutions to Post-Incarceration Employment and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Businesses and Universities Greg Fairchild PhD '02 E. Thayer Bigelow Associate Professor of Business Administration; Institute for Business in Society Academic Director Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

1. Darden Prisoner Reentry
Education Program

2. Agenda
History & Purpose of the Program
◦ Impact
◦ Current status & goals
Program Structure
◦ Curriculums, locations & teams
◦ Participant screening and application process
Working within Prisons
◦ Potential risks, security & lockdowns
◦ Volunteer training
Want to Get Involved?
◦ Application process, time commitment & for credit option

3. Program
Status*
• 46 graduates from
program
• 3 Dillwyn cohorts,
3 Fluvanna
• 32 graduates this
year
• 20% attrition rate in
program
• Reasons for attrition:
• Math anxiety
• Verbal learning
requirements
• Behavioral Issues
*Stats as of 2015
Recidivism rates
• Unstandardized: 27.3%, Standardized:
17.6%
Costs to Commonwealth
• $24,467/inmate, Nearly $600MM
Budget of Target facilities
• Dillwyn $18MM
• Fluvanna $29MM
Other spillover costs
• Future law enforcement, monitoring
• Victim monetary and non-monetary losses
The Goal is to Reduce Recidivism

4. “Prison Project” – Program Structure
Two Locations:
1. Dillwyn – all men
• ~1 hour away
2. Fluvanna - all women
• ~30 minutes away
Three Different Curriculums:
1. Entrepreneurship (2 terms)
2. Financial Literacy
3. “Capstone” – Job Readiness
*Self-Managing Teams*

5. “Prison Project” – Participant Screening
Prerequisites for
Participation:
• Scheduled for release within
18 months
• Good behavioral record
• GED
• Vocational certificate
All candidates are
interviewed by the
teaching teams

6. Questions?