The U.S. Attorney's Office Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (LECC) Weed & Seed Re-entry Initiative Subcommittee will be hosting the first South Mountain Community Re-entry Forum.
Committee efforts are spearheaded by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Phoenix Police Department, Arizona Women's Education and Employment Inc. and many other South Mountain community partners.

The forum will share information and resources with the South Mountain community and welcome feedback from community members on July 29, at South Mountain Community College.
"Successful re-entry efforts will mean less crime, stronger families, and safer communities," U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke said.

"We all stand to gain from building stronger links from the corrections system to those communities that will become home to large numbers of formerly incarcerated people,” Burke continued.

An estimated 1,000 people will return to the South Mountain community from incarceration this year.

Building Links in the Community is designed to make the transition from incarceration back to the community a safer and more successful process. The forum hopes to bring together all of the South Mountain community including the formerly incarcerated and their families, business partners, service providers and other concerned community residents.

Speakers at the event will include: U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke, State Senator Leah Landrum Taylor, Arizona Department of Corrections Community Operations Director Paul O’ Connell and re-entry advocate Franz Beasley.

Community providers and community corrections agencies will be present to discuss and answer questions regarding reentry efforts within the South Mountain community.  
Information about education, employment, substance treatment, and other community resources will  be available.

The forum will begin at 5:30 p.m., July 29, in the South Mountain Community College’s Student Union Room 100A, B-C (7050 South 24th Street Phoenix, AZ 85042). All community members are encouraged to attend.