When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry

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When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry

01 Jan 2003-

TL;DR: In this paper, a profile of returning prisoners is presented, along with a discussion of the changing nature of Parole Supervision and Services, and the role of the victim's role in prisoner reentry.

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Abstract: Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Who's Coming Home? A Profile of Returning Prisoners 3. The Origins and Evolution of Modern Parole 4. The Changing Nature of Parole Supervision and Services 5. How We Help: Preparing Inmates for Release 6. How We Hinder: Legal and Practical Barriers to Reintegration 7. Revolving Door Justice: Inmate Release and Recidivism 8. The Victim's Role in Prisoner Reentry 9. What to Do? Reforming Parole and Reentry Practices 10. Conclusions: When Punitive Policies Backfire Afterword

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Second Chances: A Comparison of Civic Engagement in Offender Reentry Programs

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Kathryn J. Fox¹•Institutions (1)

University of Vermont¹

27 Apr 2010-Criminal Justice Review

TL;DR: This paper analyzed three reentry program models and outlined their designs' ability to enact Bazemore and Stinchcomb's (2004) notion of a "civic engagement model of reentry" and outlined the vexing challenges of mobilizing communities to foster reintegration for returning offenders.

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Abstract: Mass incarceration has led to a host of problems for reentering offenders and the communities to which they return The federal government has provided funds to states to address the problems associated with returning offenders In Vermont, corrections partnered with local community justice centers to develop offender reentry programs These took various forms but focused on support and services for offenders while enforcing accountability and community safety This article analyzes three reentry program models and outlines their designs’ ability to enact Bazemore and Stinchcomb’s (2004) notion of a ‘‘civic engagement model of reentry’’ The vexing challenges of mobilizing communities to foster reintegration for returning offenders are discussed

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...The trend toward mass incarceration has led to a host of problems for reentering offenders and the communities to which they return (Pager, 2007; Petersilia, 2003; Travis & Visher, 2005; Western, 2006)....
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...Many have ongoing substance-abuse problems or deep financial obligations; such high needs put them at greater risk of failure to succeed in the community (Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005)....
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Dissecting the relationship between mental illness and return to incarceration

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James A. Wilson¹, Peter Wood²•Institutions (2)

Russell Sage Foundation¹, Eastern Michigan University²

01 Nov 2014-Journal of Criminal Justice

TL;DR: This work examines all releases to parole supervision in a single state over a period of four years to consider how a diagnosis of mental illness is associated with return to incarceration.

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...First, it is now well-known that prison populations are populations in flux – 93% ormore of all individuals who go to state prison will eventually return to the community (Petersilia, 2003)....
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The Gendering of Criminal Stigma: An Experiment Testing the Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Incarceration on Women's Entry-Level Job Prospects

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Natalie Rose Ortiz

01 Jan 2014

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...Employment among former criminal offenders provides the economic resources needed to obtain a stable housing and living situation and contributes to the quality of relationships with significant others and relatives (Berg 25 & Huebner, 2011; Laub & Sampson, 2003; Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005)....
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...Making the transition from prison to the community is difficult and challenging regardless of gender (Petersilia, 2003)....
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..., studying to get a GED to improve employment chances post-release) and/or the timeframe where offenders have been released from custody and are trying to transition from being incarcerated to leading life in the “free” community (Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005)....
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...…back into the community (e.g., studying to get a GED to improve employment chances post-release) and/or the timeframe where offenders have been released from custody and are trying to transition from being incarcerated to leading life in the “free” community (Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005)....
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These Bars Can't Hold Us Back: Plowing Incarcerated Geographies with Restorative Food Justice

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Joshua Sbicca¹•Institutions (1)

Colorado State University¹

01 Nov 2016-Antipode

TL;DR: The authors investigated food justice and restorative justice activists in Oakland, California who are intervening at the point of reentry, and argued for the significance of teasing out the connections between food and carceral politics as a way to expand the practice and understanding of food justice.

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Abstract: Mass incarceration entrenches racial and class inequality and segregation. Before, during, and after low-income people of color enter prison, they experience a range of barriers and biases that make it difficult to break out of the prison pipeline. This article investigates food justice and restorative justice activists in Oakland, California who are intervening at the point of reentry. I argue for the significance of teasing out the connections between food and carceral politics as a way to expand the practice and understanding of food justice. Specifically, I show how the incarcerated geographies of former prisoners, that is, perspectives and experiences that result due to the prison pipeline, motivate the formation of a restorative food justice. The associated healing and mutual aid practices increase social equity by creating spaces to overcome the historical trauma of mass incarceration, produce living wage jobs, rearticulate relationships to food and land, and achieve policy reforms.

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...On the other hand, while in prison and upon reentry they face coming to terms with decisions to commit crime, whether because of addiction, peer pressure, or out of economic desperation (Petersilia 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...They often reenter the same criminalized communities, what Shabazz (2015) refers to as a “prison-like environment”, and face the same policing, surveillance, and poverty that put them in prison to begin with, only this time with the added pressure of a criminal record (Petersilia 2003)....
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...Moreover, when people reenter their communities they are subject to state surveillance, further social exclusion and stigma in terms of benefits, employment, and housing, and higher than average rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (Goff et al. 2007; Pager 2007; Petersilia 2003; Travis 2005)....
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...crime, whether because of addiction, peer pressure, or out of economic desperation (Petersilia 2003; Travis 2005)....
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The serious and violent offender reentry initiative: Measuring the effects on service delivery

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Laura Winterfield, Pamela K. Lattimore, Danielle Steffey, Susan Brumbaugh, Christine Lindquist - Show less +1 more

31 Jul 2006

TL;DR: In 2003, the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) as discussed by the authors was created to provide assessment, services, and programming for offenders while incarcerated, under supervision in the community, and once released from supervision.

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Abstract: In 2003, the Federal government provided funds to 69 state agencies to implement reentry programs for adult and juvenile prisoners. The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) programs partner correctional or juvenile justice agencies with other government, community, and faith-based organizations to provide a range of services to participating individuals. A fully implemented SVORI program incorporates assessment, services, and programming for offenders while incarcerated, under supervision in the community, and once released from supervision. The individual SVORI programs share the common goals of improving employment, education, health, housing, and criminal justice outcomes. Each program, however, is unique in the approach taken and array of services implemented to address these common goals. Measuring the implementation of multi-faceted programs is a challenge for researchers and one that the SVORI multi-site evaluation is confronting. In this paper, we describe an approach to categorize the types of services being provided that incorporates both the number of services provided and the proportion of individuals receiving each service for each service group.

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