DON IKE JONES

Reentry Coordinator

pronouns: he/him

Don “Ike” Jones coordinates efforts to garner the necessary resources to support former Juvenile Lifers and youth client-partners returning to the community from prison, jail, or placement. Ike is a former Juvenile Lifer himself, and brings to his role more than 20 years of experience assisting men with similar backgrounds to obtain resources to support their reentry, such as stable housing and employment. Ike comes to YSRP most recently from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office, where he worked as a Crime Intervention Specialist. For more than 17 years, Ike has served as a member of the Temple University Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program’s Think Tank and as the co-founder of several organizations during his incarceration at SCI-Graterford, including Real Street Talk, Community Forgiveness & Restoration Initiative, and the United Community Action Network (UCAN), among others. He also served as the president of the Graterford branch of the NAACP, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the organization and hosted events with State and local elected officials.

Contact: djones@ysrp.org; 267-476-4756