we have marty walker, jut reach house coordinator. and lori, oxford house regional management and john major, the researchers and clinical psychology professor at truman college. so, i look forward to hearing from our panel today and i apologize they all have only about ten minutes apiece, but like i said, we will try and cram in all of that information for you today. we'll turn quickly to dr. compton. [applaus [applause]. >> threw, dr. gitlow, it's a pleasure to be here. i've been a fan of oxford house for many, many years. i lived in st. louis until the 2000's and we had a new oxford house in my neighborhood. back in the early '90s and they were having trouble, the neighbors were trying kick them out actually using illegal reasons because they said there were too many different unrelated people in the house. that turns out that's discriminatory. you can't discriminate against people who are in recovery. i had a pleasure of being one of the neighbors and also a little bit of an expert in the field in some court cases. i was pleased t

like marty walker, i take no credit whatsoever for all the good things god is doing in my life today. is what myular panel passion is. my life at this moment is dedicated to what we call reentry. in other words, i am dedicated to helping men and women transition from a cursory's and in a successful manner, such that they never, ever go back to prison. is. is where my heart and by gods grace and mercy again, that is what i get paid to do today. imagine that. over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. how many people here have been to jail or prison? wow. i think only the senators aid has not. [laughter] key mess and -- no, i'm not going to say that. [laughter] lonk you for stopping me, rd. [laughter] each year, thousands of those who are incarcerated reenter society. within one year of reentry, about half of the individuals will commit another crime and be headed right back to conviction and reentry into incarceration. those who enter in oxford house tendwing reincarceration to master long-term recovery and crime free behavior. in some states,

like marty walker, i take no credit whatsoever for all the good things god is doing in my life today. this particular panel is what my passion is many my life is dedicated to what we call reentry. i'm dedicated to helping men and women transition from incarceration in a successful manner such that they never ever ever go back to prison. that's what i get paid to do today. imagine that. over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. i think only the senator's aide has not. 70% of people in jails or prisons are addicted to alcohol or drugs. every year thousands of them re-enter society. half of those individuals will commit another crime and be headed right back to conviction and reentry into incarceration. those who enter in oxford house following an incarceration, tend to master long term recovery. and crime freebie hav yore. in some states, oxford house has developed relationships with reentry programs, to prevent those leaving incarceration, to go straight into an oxford house. this panel will discuss how to encourage this. oxford house residen

like marty walker, i take no credit whatsoever for all the good things that god is doing in my life today. this particular panel is what my passion is. >> i'm helping men and women transition in a successful manner such that they never, ever go back to prison. that's where my heart is. and actually by god's grace and mercy again, that's what i get paid to do today, imagine that. so over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. how many people in here have been to jail or prison? wow. only the senator's aide has not. i'm not going to say that. thank you for stopping me, lord. in america today, approximately 60% of those in jail and/or prison are addicted to alcohol or some other drug. each year thousands of those who re incarcerated re-ener -- re-enter society. within one year of re-entering, about half of those individuals will commit another crime and be headed right back to conviction and re-entry into incarceration. those who enter in oxford house following incarceration tend to master long-term reyoifer -- recovery and crime-free behavior. in so

wellcy clark, we have marty walker, the oxford house outreach coordinator, lori holtzclaw, flow stein and john major the researcher and clinical psychology professor at truman college. i look forward to hearing from your panel today and i apologize that they all have only about ten minutes a piece. but like i said, we will try and cram in all of that information for you today. we'll turn quickly to dr. compton. [ applause ] >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. and i've been a fan of oxford house for many many years. i lived in st. louis up until the early 2000s and we had a new oxford house in my neighborhood back in the early '90s. and they were having trouble. the neighbors were trying to kick them out using illegal reason because they said there were too many different unrelated people in the house. turns out that's discriminatory. you can't discriminate against people in recovery. i hads the pleasure of being one of the neighbors and a little bit of an expert in the field in some of the court cases and i was so pleased that they succeeded and have been a successful home in th

like marty walker i take no credit what so ever for all the good things god is doing in my life today this particular panel is what my passion is. my life at this moment is dedicated to what we call reentry. in other words, i'm dedicated to helping men and women transition from incarceration in a successful manner such that they never ever, ever go back to prison. that's where my heart is and actually, by god's grace and mercy again that's what i get paid to do today. imagine that. so, over three quarters of the oxford house population has done some jail or prison time. how many people in here have been to jail or prison? wow. i think only the senators aid has not. [laughter] >> thank you for stopping me, lord. in america today ought proximally 60% of those in jail or in prison are addicted to alcohol or some other drug. each year thousands of those who are incarcerated reenter society within one year of reentryabout half of those individuals will commit another crime and beheaded right back to conviction and reentry into incarceration. those who enter in oxford house following incarc