When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry
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...…of legal restriction on public employment after a felony conviction.5 All states place at least certain restrictions on occupational licenses for individuals with criminal records, with the number of barred occupations increasing substantially over time (Dale, 1976; May, 1995; Petersilia, 2003)....
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...prison walls (Petersilia, 2003)....
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...Ideally, these programs would also make this transition a gradual one (Petersilia, 2003)....
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...Prisoners returning to their communities often have serious problems with substance abuse, mental health, family conflict, homelessness, and lack strong social networks of support (Kushel et al., 2005; Petersilia, 2003)....
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...In practice, parole officers rely heavily on surveillance technologies such as electronic monitoring, Global Positioning System (GPS), and (especially) drug testing to monitor their caseloads (Petersilia, 2003)....
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...…prisoners face as they experience the reentry process and work to desist from crime including the challenges of finding housing and employment, reconnecting with family, and accessing health care and other social services (Mallik-Kane & Visher, 2008; Pager, 2003; Petersilia, 2003; Richie, 2001)....
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...Parole officials report that finding housing for parolees is “by far their biggest challenge”—even more difficult than finding a job (Petersilia, 2003, p. 120); economic marginalization, stigma, and public housing exclusions for individuals with felony records are all tremendous obstacles (Bergseth…...
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...Indeed, important scholarship identifies a variety of barriers that former prisoners face as they experience the reentry process and work to desist from crime including the challenges of finding housing and employment, reconnecting with family, and accessing health care and other social services (Mallik-Kane & Visher, 2008; Pager, 2003; Petersilia, 2003; Richie, 2001)....
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...Tel: +1 814 732 2430; Fax: +1 814 732 2233; Email: spackard@edinboro.edu Petersilia (2003) notes that about 1,600 prisoners return to the community from prison each day....
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