The term prison reentry has been used to describe the process of offenders returning home after a prison or jail confinement. The problem posed by offenders being released from a penal institution and struggling to successfully transition back into society is complicated. As a result, significant changes are needed in regards to offenders reentering back into the community. The task of addressing the issue at hand is what level the current problem is dominant and how to eliminate this tug of war. Furthermore, the challenge concerned by communities of offender reentry is how to make this transition from custody to the community as safe as possible. Instead of expecting ex-offenders to navigate their transitions back into society without help, …show more content…
Ex-offenders need a point of entry where they can seek assistance and training on expectation and tailored representation in assistance with family law, employment, and housing. The United States has initiated the largest multi-year discharge of prisoners from state and federal custody in history. This release was a direct consequence of the explosion in incarceration that this country endorsed and experienced over the last two decades. In a twenty-five-year period, between 1972 and 1997, the number of state and federal offenders elevated from 196,000 to a mind bottling record of 1,159,000. In the year 2000, alone, corrections officials discharged approximately 600,000 individuals, with most returning to core communities from which they came. The repercussions of this massive release effort are now only beginning …show more content…
Staggering numbers of ex-offenders have been returning to the communities from which they originally came after completing their sentences. A research concluded that a large share of reentering offenders come from a relatively small number of neighborhoods. These communities were located within central cities in a core group of states already strained under a load of preexisting social and economic problems. Without in-depth planning, these communities will remain unprepared to take on the additional demands of the burgeoning reentering