Wyoming Justice: Redemption of the Wind River Reservation

The Northern Arapaho Reentry program is helping people return home from out of state federal prisons and state incarceration to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The program is voluntary and open to tribal citizens enrolled in one of the two tribes of the Wind River Reservation, the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone. It is also open to tribal descendants of the two tribes or other Native American tribal members. Many people in the program are more determined now to stay out of the justice system with the program’s assistance. The reentry program is administered by former Northern Arapaho Tribal attorney and judge Terri Smith, who went through a public downfall after being indited on drug charges. Smith connects on a personal level with her clients helping them look for jobs, and find services as they return home to the vast reservation.

Written by FNX TV