Don "Ike" Jones

Don "Ike" Jones coordinates efforts to gather 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 more than 20 years of experience assisting individuals with similar backgrounds in securing resources for their reentry, such as stable housing and employment.

 

Most recently, Ike worked at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office as a Crime Intervention Specialist. For over 17 years, he has been a member of the Temple University Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program's Think Tank and has co-founded several organizations during his incarceration at SCI-Graterford. These include Real Street Talk, the Community Forgiveness & Restoration Initiative, and the United Community Action Network (UCAN), among others. 

 

Additionally, he served as the president of the Graterford branch of the NAACP for 19 years, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the organization and organized events with state and local elected officials. Ike also co-founded GROWN (Gaining Respect Over Our Worst Night) with Donnell Drinks. Currently, Don "Ike" Jones works as the Director of the Community Crisis Intervention Program at the Philadelphia Anti-Drug Anti-Violence Network (PAAN).