But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry

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But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry

12 Apr 2005-

TL;DR: Travis as mentioned in this paper proposes organizing the criminal justice system around five principles of reentry to encourage change and spur innovation, and argues that the impact of returning prisoners on families and communities has been largely overlooked.

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Abstract: As our justice system has embarked upon one of our time's greatest social experiments?responding to crime by expanding prisons?we have forgotten the iron law of imprisonment: they all come back. In 2002, more than 630,000 individuals left federal and state prisons. Thirty years ago, only 150,000 did. In the intense political debate over America's punishment policies, the impact of these returning prisoners on families and communities has been largely overlooked. In But They All Come Back, Jeremy Travis continues his pioneering work on the new realities of punishment in America vis-a-vis public safety, families and children, work, housing, public health, civic identity, and community capacity. Travis proposes organizing the criminal justice system around five principles of reentry to encourage change and spur innovation.

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Surviving Parole Reentry: Examining the Impact of Prerelease, Postrelease, and Boundary-Spanning Programs

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N. Prabha Unnithan¹, Andrew J. Prelog², Michael J. Hogan¹, Mark R. Pogrebin³•Institutions (3)

Colorado State University¹, University of Northern Colorado², University of Colorado Denver³

01 Mar 2017

TL;DR: Do reentry programs including those that are boundary-spanning (operating before and after release from incarceration) help lengthen the time parolees go without being revoked and sent back to pris...

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Abstract: Do reentry programs including those that are boundary-spanning (operating before and after release from incarceration) help lengthen the time parolees go without being revoked and sent back to pris...

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Cites background from "But They All Come Back: Facing the ..."

...rooted in offender and community preparedness (Travis, 2005)....
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...As Travis (2005) notes, families and friends often “move on” when an individual is incarcerated....
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...These difficulties are notable given that more than 90% of all prisoners are ultimately released (Carson 2014; Carson & Sabol, 2012; Schlager, 2013; Travis, 2005)....
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...Families can assist offenders with securing housing and employment and often provide emotional support needed during the reentry process (Travis, 2005)....
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...However, the challenges associated with reintegrating offenders into communities are rooted in offender and community preparedness (Travis, 2005)....
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Using Incentives to Promote Employment Retention for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

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Jennifer L. Bryan, Alana Gunn, Stephanie Henthorn

01 Jan 2007

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Understanding volunteerism: the role of the participant in non-clinical correctional programming

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H. Daniel Butler, Michael Campagna, Ryan E. Spohn, Katelynn Towne

15 Sep 2022-Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explore the characteristics of who opts into non-clinical programming when given the choice, an inquiry that acknowledges potential practical and ethical limitations to a nonclinical delivery of programming, and find that days incarcerated and gender are the strongest predictors of volunteerism for a broad array of correctional programs.

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Abstract: Abstract Most incarcerated individuals do not participate in prison programming, which may be due to the limited availability of programs or the voluntaristic nature of programming. Most incarcerated individuals are provided the opportunity to select their own non-clinical programming. This voluntaristic approach to program participation provides an opportunity to explore the characteristics of who opts into non-clinical programming when given the choice, an inquiry that acknowledges potential practical and ethical limitations to a non-clinical delivery of programming. In this study, we utilize administrative data from a Midwestern state to understand who volunteers for correctional programming in institutional and community settings. Findings reveal days incarcerated and gender are the strongest predictors of volunteerism for a broad array of correctional programs. Implications include a deeper understanding of volunteer characteristics that may assist agencies to adjust strategies aimed at improving correctional outcomes.

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Book Chapter•DOI•

Policy Commentary: The Research Evidence Policymakers Need to Build Better Public Policy for Children of Incarcerated Parents

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Karen Bogenschneider¹•Institutions (1)

University of Wisconsin-Madison¹

01 Jan 2015

TL;DR: This paper identified what research evidence is needed to inform policy on what may be incarceration's longest-lasting legacy and its impact on the next generation. But they focused on the impact of incarceration on children of incarcerated parents.

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Abstract: This commentary identifies what research evidence is needed to inform policy on what may be incarceration’s longest-lasting legacy—its impact on the next generation. Drawing on theory and practice, these comments are targeted to researchers interested in generating and disseminating policy-relevant research to build better public policy for children of incarcerated parents. For policy-informed evidence, researchers need to understand the policymakers who will be using the information and the environment in which they operate. For evidence-informed policy, policymakers need research that provides a more complete and comprehensive understanding of how children’s well-being is influenced by contact with their incarcerated parents, what the mediators and moderators of that influence are, and what the cost/benefits might be of intervening in ways that will benefit children. What’s more, policymakers need family-focused research on how families can contribute to more effective and efficient policies, what the advertent and inadvertent consequences of policies are for fragile families, who the concept of family should include, and whether family disparities exist. Just as the number of children losing a parent to incarceration is unprecedented, researchers are called to produce research-based, family-focused evidence that is unprecedented in its scale and quality.

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Dissertation•

Constructing prisoner reentry service providers' roles and perceptions of law, justice and fairness

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Tanya Nichole Whittle

01 Jan 2017

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Cites background from "But They All Come Back: Facing the ..."

...Prisoner Reentry Nature and Scope “Prisoner reentry” is a term used frequently among academics, policy makers, and some service providers to refer to one’s release from incarceration or the transition period/process of returning from prison to the community (Visher and Travis 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...Prisoner Reentry Nature and Scope “Prisoner reentry” is a term used frequently among academics, policy makers, and some service providers to refer to one’s release from incarceration or the transition period/process of returning from prison to the community (Visher and Travis 2003; Travis 2005)....
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