Registration Information
Full attendance required (1.0 CE hour in Leadership).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the link to join.
Event Details
Title: Environmental Scan – Criminal Justice Perspective
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm -1:00 pm CST
Location: Online
Trainers: Lisa Carter (RecoveryPeople), Joey Montes (Recovery Alliance of El Paso), Rey Soliz (Recovery Alliance of El Paso)
Cost: FREE
Language: English
Accessibility: Closed captions will be available. For withdrawal or special accommodations, please email Lisa.carter@recoverypeople.org.
CE Requirements: Satisfaction survey is required to receive CE certificate.
Description
How can lived experience transform justice-involved systems? This session explores how recovery leaders are bridging gaps between law enforcement, probation, and courts to create stronger, more compassionate reentry pathways. Featuring Joey Montes of the Recovery Alliance of El Paso, participants will learn how leadership rooted in lived experience builds trust, reduces stigma, and fosters collaboration that improves outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
Drawing on examples from Texas, including innovative re-entry programs in El Paso, this conversation highlights how peer recovery leaders are reducing recidivism, expanding recovery access, and changing community perceptions of justice and recovery.
Join us for an interactive discussion on how PROs across Texas can apply these strategies to strengthen partnerships, integrate lived experience into local justice initiatives, and advance recovery-oriented systems of care.
Course Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain how leaders can center lived experience in reentry and diversion programs to reduce stigma and change perceptions within justice systems.
- Identify leadership practices that help build trust and collaboration with law enforcement, probation officers, and courts.
- Describe the ways lived experience leadership in reentry programs can improve outcomes such as reduced recidivism and increased engagement in recovery supports.