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investigations into preventable deaths in Residential Aged Care facilities have a similar process.These summaries draw together the key clinical practice and standards issues for a given periodand highlight areas for ongoing quality improvement action. Some of these findings that haveresulted in education and practice review are presented.57. Emerging Practices in Prison and Jail Re-Entry: Managing Riskand Promoting Treatment EngagementEngagement Processes in Model Programs for Prison Re-Entry for Offenderswith Serious Mental IllnessBeth Angell, Rutgers University (angell@ssw.rutgers.edu)Stacey Barrenger, University of Pennsylvania (slbarrenger@gmail.com)Amy Watson, University of Illinois, Chicago (acwatson@gmail.com)Jeffrey Draine, Temple University (jeffdraine@gmail.com)Linking offenders with mental illness to treatment following prison release is critical topreventing recidivism, but little research exists to inform efforts to engage them effectively. Thispresentation compares the engagement process in two model programs, each representing anevidence-based practice for mental health which has been adapted to the context of prison reentry.One model, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), emphasizes a long-termwrap-around approach that seeks to maximize continuity of care by concentrating all serviceswithin one interdisciplinary team; the other, Critical Time Intervention (CTI), is a time-limitedintervention that promotes linkages to outside services and bolsters natural support systems. Tocompare engagement practices, we analyze data from two qualitative studies, each conducted ina newly developed treatment program serving prisoners with mental illness being dischargedfrom prisons to urban communities. Findings show that both programs rely upon the provision ofconcrete, tangible resources as a key method of engaging offenders, and each program providesintensive emotional support during the reentry transition. Nevertheless, FACT and CTI embodydistinct cultures and rituals of reentry, exhibited in their approaches to pre-release engagement,the transition out of prison, and the encouragement of mental health care seeking post release.Examination of the Risk Environment on Community Re-Entry from Prison forMen with Mental IllnessStacey Barrenger, University of Pennsylvania (slbarrenger@gmail.com)Jeffrey Draine, Temple University (jetpak@temple.edu)Beth Angell, Rutgers University (angell@ssw.rutgers.edu)142