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Basic Challenges to Prisoner Reentry

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ID12912953
AuthorsDoreen Anderson‐Facile (California State University System, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume3
Issue2
Pages183-195
Publication date2009-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00198.x
OpenAlexW2129372992
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

Crime, incarceration and prisoner reintegration are pressing issues facing the United States today. The U.S. prison population has increased from 330,000 in 1980 to over 2.2 million prisoners today. As the prison population grows at record rates so, in turn, does the reentry of prisoners into society. Currently, around 700,000 prisoners are released each year from custody and reenter society – nearly 2,000 inmates per day. The transition from prison to the outside world is often difficult for post‐release prisoners, their families, their communities and the larger society. Many formally incarcerated individuals do not have the skills or support to succeed outside prison walls. Unfortunately, when post‐release prisoners are not successfully reintegrated, they are returned to prison and begin the cycle of incarceration. Practitioners and academics agree that the main components for successful reentry include proper housing, viable employment, and family and community support. However, while there is consensus regarding what post‐release prisoners need for successful reentry there is debate as to which programs and policies work best. This paper examines the basic challenges to reentry and provides a brief summary of the problems with reentry program evaluation

Criminology · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Reentry · Sociology · Work (physics · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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Citations per year0.7
Citation span2016 - 2025 (10)
Highly citedNo

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