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The Pros And Cons Of Prisoner Reentry

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Scholarly accounts of prisoner reentry have demonstrated that incarcerated individuals face barriers on release from prison and that intervention programs are necessary to assist their transition to the community. The reality is that the vast majority of individuals who are incarcerated will inevitably experience prisoner reentry the process of leaving prison and returning to society. Despite the fact that high-risk individuals, such as gang members and violent offenders may face increasing challenges to returning to the community (Tewksbury & Lees, 2006), few studies have paid specific attention to the reentry challenges of high-risk individuals even though they may face higher risks of returning to prison. Though several researchers have
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Generally, there is no accord in criminology field over what forms the best practice for prisoner reentry programs. Various institutions and researchers have attempted to document what works best, although the absence of experimental, elegant result assessments has led several researchers to depend on specialist practitioners and less painstaking evaluations on decision making on what works. Nonetheless, there are some research reports which have put a solid effort in collecting components of prisoner reentry programs regarded as best practices. The Urban Institute outlines a number of elements that post-release intermediary organizations should focus so as to effectively serve the ex-offender community following prison release (Freeman, 2003).

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