What exactly is a reentry simulation? Because that's something that I've never heard of before.

It is the It's an activity that emulates the first four weeks of being released from incarceration.

So what happens is it takes place in a large auditorium-like room, and it's, there's a circle of tables, and each table represents a jail or social services like the food pantry or, um, you know, maybe a drug recovery center and different social services that people might need upon being released.

And then each participant is given a story, a role that says something like, "You have just been released from prison after five years for cocaine possession.

You have $50 to your name.

Um, these are your conditions of parole.

Go meet your probation officer," or, "Conditions of probation.

But Linda, how much responsibility is on the individual? Because we've talked about the systems and community that's also in place when this happens, but what exactly can that person who's getting out of prison, what can they do?