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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The Duality of the Peer Effect: The Interplay Between Peer Support and Peer Criminality on Offending and Substance Use During Reentry:

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Thomas J. Mowen¹, John H. Boman¹•Institutions (1)

Bowling Green State University¹

01 Jul 2018-Crime & Delinquency

TL;DR: Using data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, mixed-effects models demonstrate that peer criminality relates to significantly higher odds of substance use and criminal offending, whereas peer support relates toificantly lower odds of substances use and offending.

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Abstract: Differential association theory and the closely linked differential coercion/social support theory suggest that peers exert both criminogenic and protective influences on individuals. Yet, little i...

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...2 million individuals were incarcerated in the United States (Kaeble & Glaze, 2016), and the vast majority of these individuals will return to society (Travis, 2005)....
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...The length of incarceration may be related to experiences during reentry (Travis, 2005)....
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...1104 Crime & Delinquency 64(8) The length of incarceration may be related to experiences during reentry (Travis, 2005)....
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...At the end of 2015, approximately 2.2 million individuals were incarcerated in the United States (Kaeble & Glaze, 2016), and the vast majority of these individuals will return to society (Travis, 2005)....
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Lived Experiences of Reintegration: A Study of How Former Prisoners Experienced Reintegration in a Local Context.

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Sylvia Brand

01 Jan 2016

Abstract: ........................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... iv Table of

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...Consequently, the prison system has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in rates of committals causing critical overcrowding and the diminishment of detention to its raw function (Wacquant, 2008) with the subsequent task of releasing its charges back to the community to be reintegrated (Travis, 2000; Travis et al., 2001; Travis, 2005)....
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...Overcoming the stigma attached to imprisonment is one of the key interconnected issues to successful reintegration (Travis, 2005)....
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...…has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in rates of committals causing critical overcrowding and the diminishment of detention to its raw function (Wacquant, 2008) with the subsequent task of releasing its charges back to the community to be reintegrated (Travis, 2000; Travis et al., 2001; Travis, 2005)....
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...Barrier Two: The Stigma of Imprisonment The stigma attached to imprisonment impacts negatively on the potential for successful reintegration (Travis, 2005)....
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The role of primary health care services to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Australians transitioning from prison to the community

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Jane Lloyd¹, Dea Delaney-Thiele, Penelope A Abbott², Eileen Baldry¹, Elizabeth McEntyre¹, Jennifer Reath², Devon Indig³, Juanita Sherwood³, Mark Harris¹ - Show less +5 more•Institutions (3)

University of New South Wales¹, University of Western Sydney², University of Sydney³

22 Jul 2015-BMC Family Practice

TL;DR: For Aboriginal former inmates and family members, release from prison was a period of significant emotional stress and commonly involved managing complex needs, and Aboriginal ex- inmates would benefit from immediate access to culturally- responsive community -primary health care services.

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Abstract: Aboriginal Australians are more likely than other Australians to cycle in and out of prison on remand or by serving multiple short sentences—a form of serial incarceration and institutionalisation. This cycle contributes to the over-representation of Aboriginal Australians in prison and higher rates of recidivism. Our research examined how primary health care can better meet the health care and social support needs of Aboriginal Australians transitioning from prison to the community. Purposive sampling was used to identify 30 interviewees. Twelve interviews were with Aboriginal people who had been in prison; ten were with family members and eight with community service providers who worked with former inmates. Thematic analysis was conducted on the interviewees’ description of their experience of services provided to prisoners both during incarceration and on transition to the community. Interviewees believed that effective access to primary health care on release and during transition was positively influenced by providing appropriate healthcare to inmates in custody and by properly planning for their release. Further, interviewees felt that poor communication between health care providers in custody and in the community prior to an inmate’s release, contributed to a lack of comprehensive management of chronic conditions. System level barriers to timely communication between in-custody and community providers included inmates being placed on remand which contributed to uncertainty regarding release dates and therefore difficulties planning for release, cycling in and out of prison on short sentences and being released to freedom without access to support services. For Aboriginal former inmates and family members, release from prison was a period of significant emotional stress and commonly involved managing complex needs. To support their transition into the community, Aboriginal former inmates would benefit from immediate access to culturally- responsive community -primary health care services. At present, however, pre-release planning is not always available, especially for Aboriginal inmates who are more likely to be on remand or in custody for less than six months.

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...It also means that normal life processes of interacting with siblings, cousins, parents and friends are lost, making it difficult to establish and maintain meaningful relationships with people outside the prison system [8]....
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Unsettling the discourse of punishment? Competing narratives of reentry and the possibilities for change

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Sara Steen¹, Traci Lacock¹, Shelby McKinzey¹•Institutions (1)

University of Colorado Boulder¹

01 Jan 2012-Punishment & Society

TL;DR: In academic and policy circles, there is widespread optimism about the ability of reentry to change the terms of the punishment debate and assess the impact of the reentry concept as discussed by the authors.

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Abstract: In academic and policy circles, there is widespread optimism about the ability of reentry to change the terms of the punishment debate. In this article, we assess the impact of the reentry concept ...

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19 Desistance from Crime and Antisocial Behavior

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Lila Kazemian¹•Institutions (1)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice¹

01 Jan 2015

TL;DR: There have been impressive developments in desistance research over the past two decades, and the body of knowledge in this area of research has grown significantly as discussed by the authors, and the topic of desistance from crime has also piqued the interest of policy-makers.

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Abstract: There have been impressive developments in desistance research over the past two decades, and the body of knowledge in this area of research has grown significantly. In more recent years, due to the increasing numbers of entries and releases to/from prison, the topic of desistance from crime has also piqued the interest of policy-makers. This chapter offers an overview of advances in desistance research. It discusses some of the methodological challenges associated with this area of research, and provides a summary of the key findings in classic and more recent studies. Future research needs, as well as the contributions of Marc Le Blanc to this field of study, are also highlighted.

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