University Park, Pa. — Sarah Brothers, a Rock Ethics Institute (REI) affiliate faculty member and former faculty fellow, and Divine Lipscomb, a 2020 REI Stand Up Award recipient, are contributing to a new Penn State-led study examining community reentry for older individuals transitioning from long-term incarceration. Brothers brings her ethnographic expertise to observe peer-led interactions within the Cumberland House Reentry Program, while Lipscomb, a Penn State graduate, helped design surveys and interviews to explore the program’s impact.

This innovative research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to understand how peer relationships and social networks can support successful reentry and inform future criminal justice interventions. Read more about the study’s approach and goals in the full article.