Stop Calling It Reentry.
It's Reinvention:
The traditional reentry approach failed. The 2Generation Economy Blueprint works. This book transforms how we create prosperity after prison — not by going back, but by building forward. For policymakers, workforce leaders, and system architects ready to create real change through reinvention.
What You'll Learn Inside the Blueprint
This is not another reentry manual. It's the operating system for a 2Generation Workforce Economy — built for reinvention.
The Churn Metric Problem
Why current workforce and reentry metrics reward short-term activity instead of household stability — and what leaders should measure instead.
The 2Generation Economy Blueprint
The complete architecture that treats the household — not the individual — as the unit of design for workforce reinvention.
The Durability Index
A shared measurement engine tracking 12–24 month retention, wage growth, housing stability, and family outcomes.
The Durability Standard
Why real reinvention requires more than completion and placement. The book shows how to track retention, wage growth, housing stability, and family outcomes over time.
Employer ROI
How second-chance hiring becomes a workforce strategy when employers design for retention, coaching, accountability, and household stability.
The Funding Stack Strategy
How to braid Pell, WIOA, employer partnerships, and support services into career pathways that support workforce durability.
90-Day Implementation Playbook
Step-by-step instructions to launch a 2Generation Economy pilot in any region, agency, or employer network.
"Prosperity after prison isn't about reentry — it's about reinvention."
About Khalil Osiris
Arrested at 16. Turned 17 in jail and was sentenced to prison, all in 1976. Spent 20 years incarcerated across two sentences, earning both a bachelor's and master's degree from Boston University during his second incarceration. Released at 40.
Khalil Osiris has now spent 50 years studying the criminal justice and workforce systems from both sides. 27 of those years as a consultant, researcher, and advocate. He is the founder and CEO of Khalil Osiris Consulting and the Market Architect of the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem.
He doesn't just advocate for reinvention — he is building the systems that make it possible.
- 50 years studying criminal justice and workforce systems
- 27 years as consultant, researcher, and advocate
- Two degrees from Boston University (earned during incarceration)
- Psychology of Incarceration curriculum — now in facilities nationwide
- Market Architect of the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem
- Board Member, National Association of Reentry Professionals (NARP)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this book for?
Policymakers, workforce board directors, corrections leaders, employers, funders, and anyone designing systems for people returning from prison. If you fund, operate, or oversee reentry programs — this reinvention book is your new playbook.
What is the 2Generation Economy Blueprint?
It's a systems architecture that treats the household — not the individual — as the unit of change. It aligns employers, workforce boards, corrections, housing, education, and funders around shared metrics that measure real family stability, not just job placements.
When does the book launch?
Available now. The Kindle eBook is live on Amazon. The paperback edition will be released after final print proof approval.
Is there a Kindle / eBook version?
Yes. The Kindle eBook is available now on Amazon. The paperback edition will be released after final print proof approval.
How is this different from other reentry books?
Most reentry books tell stories. This one redesigns the system. It provides the architecture, the metrics, the funding strategies, and the 90-day implementation plan. It's a reinvention blueprint, not a memoir.
Stop Measuring Jobs.
Start Measuring Households.
The data is clear. The 2Generation Economy architecture exists. The only question is whether you'll keep funding churn — or start building workforce durability.
Order Now on AmazonThis Book Names the Problem.
The Next Step Is Implementation.
If you lead a workforce board, employer network, agency, foundation, or policy effort, this is your opportunity to stop funding churn and start building household stability.
Most systems are still measuring the wrong thing.
They count placements.
They reward activity.
They celebrate short-term compliance.
Then they act surprised when instability shows up downstream.
That is not a people problem.
It is a measurement problem.
If you measure access, you will optimize for access.
If you reward short-term outputs, you will get short-term outcomes.
If you ignore the household, you will keep calling predictable system failure a personal one.
The book is not just a critique.
It is a blueprint for leaders who are ready to redesign incentives, align systems, and build around what actually matters:
household stability, workforce durability, and long-term mobility.
Read the book.
Use the framework.
Then decide whether your organization is ready to keep managing the symptoms
or start redesigning the system.
Take the Blueprint Into Your Organization
The book is the argument.
The consulting is the implementation.
If you fund, lead, or design workforce and reentry systems, the next step after reading is a conversation about what this means for your organization.
