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E-Newsletter • January 2026 |
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Editor's E-Note
Reentry services often focus on housing and employment, but nutrition is rarely part of the conversation. This E-News Exclusive explores how nutrition education, delivered in collaboration with social workers, can support health, stability, and successful reintegration for individuals returning from incarceration.
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Nutrition Education: An Overlooked Reentry Tool for Social Workers
Nutrition education plays a critical, yet often invisible, role in successful reentry for individuals leaving the prison system. Formerly incarcerated populations experience high rates of chronic disease, food insecurity, and mental health challenges, yet structured nutrition support is rarely included in reentry programming. For social workers involved in corrections, reentry, housing, and community-based services, nutrition represents a practical but underutilized lever for improving client stability and long-term outcomes.
As reentry services expand, interdisciplinary partnerships among social workers, registered dietitians, and community health workers are gaining attention. Nutrition education supports many goals social workers already prioritize—health stability, employment readiness, self-sufficiency, and reduced recidivism—while addressing daily barriers clients face once they return to the community.
Why Nutrition Matters in Reentry Work
Each year, more than 650,000 individuals are released from US prisons. Many return to communities facing unemployment, housing instability, and limited access to affordable, healthy food. Social workers frequently encounter clients managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and gastrointestinal disorders—often alongside depression, trauma, and substance use challenges.
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Many More Older People Are Leaving Prison and Face Unmet Needs for Housing and Health Care
The older people are when they’re released from prison, the harder it can be to reintegrate into society, leading to an increased need for reentry support from community-based organizations, according to The Conversation.
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