Creating Success with a Criminal Record: Achieve Your Goals - Paperback

Archie R. Whitehill has worked with ex-offenders (Returning Citizens) for about 20 years. He has taught pre-release classes in prisons and jails, and has worked as a post-release case manager, working one-on-one with men and women who have completed their sentences.

As the VASAVOR (Virginia Serious and Violent Offender Reentry) Case Manager for STEP-UP, Incorporated for 13 years I worked closely with Department of Corrections staff, particularly Probation & Parole, with Sheriff's staff, with the Community Services Board, and with many agencies and other non-profit organizations. Most importantly, I worked closely, one-on-one, with hundreds of people, men and women, who had been incarcerated for violent and serious felonies. Convictions ranged from drug distribution, to murder, to rape, to sex offenses, to child molestations. My responsibilities were to conduct classroom training and work with ex-offender clients in the field, assisting with housing, employment, re-integration into society,