ReEntry: A Look at the Journey Back to Life
Developed by people with lived experience of incarceration
with support and expertise from FIT Educational Media
Welcome to ReEntry
Coming home from incarceration is a journey most people can only imagine. This platform offers a glimpse into that reality by placing you in the shoes of someone returning to the community. It is a window into the choices, setbacks, pressures, and small victories that shape the long walk back to freedom.
Every scenario here is real, even the ones that seem too absurd or unfair to be true. As you move through the experience, you will see and hear directly from people who lived it.
See the Impact of Guaranteed Income
We recommend playing twice.
First: as the system is, without guaranteed income.
Then: activate guaranteed income by clicking the logo in the lower right corner of the board. A banner will appear to show it is active.
Watch how your chances of staying free shift when you have just a little room to breathe.
Why Guaranteed Income Matters
Guaranteed income does not solve everything. But it changes what is possible. It takes pressure off and allows people to make decisions that are not driven by fear, scarcity, or desperation.
Guaranteed income helps people stay free by reducing the constant financial strain that can lead to missed payments, probation violations, and reincarceration. Poverty is not a reflection of character. It is about the conditions people are forced to live in. When people have stability, those conditions change.
Enter the journey HERE.
Best experienced on desktop or tablet.
A bit more about the experience
You may find parts of this journey frustrating, unfair, confusing, or illogical. That is intentional. Reentry is not straightforward. Sometimes you will have to go all the way over there just to end up back over here. That is what real life after incarceration can feel like.
You might also notice some dark humor woven in. We are not making light of what people go through. Not at all. We have lived it, and we know how painful it can be. But sometimes humor is how we make it through; it is how we hold on to our humanity.
A word of caution: If you have been incarcerated before, please take care with this. For some, this experience may feel heavy or triggering. You have already been through enough. Take care of yourself above all else.
A Tool for Learning and Change
This platform has been used in classrooms, community settings, and policy spaces across the country. It helps people see a glimpse of what reentry really looks like: constant choices, constant pressure, and constant barriers that can make or break someone’s freedom.
It also shows what becomes possible when support exists instead of punishment.
For educators, students, policymakers, and anyone working toward a fairer community, ReEntry is a way to step inside a system that is usually invisible. It is a tool for understanding, empathy, and change.
We are always open to conversation. Reach out anytime.
