Therapeutic correctional spaces, transcarceral interventions: post-release support structures and...
Evidence-based reentry practices are often ineffective and unhelpful for formerly incarcerated women. This article provides a thorough...
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Back to Nothing: Prisoner Reentry and Neoliberal Neglect
The reentry industry, as an extension of the carceral state, is a well-functioning engine of structural and racialized inequity in U.S....
“It’s Hard Out Here if You’re a Black Felon”: A Critical Examination of Black Male Reentry
Black men with criminal records experience intersectional oppression. Utilizing a critical ethnography lens and interviews with nine...
Structural Inequality and Social Support for Women Prisoners Released to Rural Communities
Reentry programs will not be successful unless they also address institutional and structural inequities making it easier for women to...
I Do What I’m Told, Sort of: Reformed Subjects, Unruly Citizens, and Parole
People under parole supervision are more inclined to 'comply' with parole requirements when they can do so on their own terms. Based on...
“Me and the Law is Not Friends”: How Former Prisoners Make Sense of Reentry
Simply having all the right resources isn't enough to make a person want a different life. Indeed, decisions to participate in criminal...
The Expanding Prisoner Reentry Industry
Reentry agencies should be trying to work themselves out of a job if they want to call themselves successful. This article discusses the...
Prison Abolition in Practice: The LEAD Project, the Politics of Healing, and A New Way of Life
Providing opportunities for formerly incarcerated people to heal from their experiences through critical knowledge and thinking about...
Social Capital Among Women Offenders: Examining the Distribution of Social Networks and Resources
The less education and income a formerly incarcerated woman has, the less social capital she is likely to have, which is defined here as...
Rejection, Humiliation, and Parole: A Study of Parolees' Perspectives
Feelings of humiliation and rejection often impact a person's identity reconstruction while attempting to reintegrate into society after...
The System Is Not Broken, It Is Intentional: The Prisoner Reentry Industry as Deliberate....
Reentry programs provide "the illusion of assistance" but in reality operate to extend the reach of the carceral state and maintain,...
Making it on the Outside: Understanding Barriers to Women’s Post-Incarceration Reintegration
The demands on women to be considered 'successful' in reentry are often competing with and exacerbated by the gendered inequities women...
Women Disrupting a Marginalized Identity: Subverting the Parolee Identity through Narrative
Women on parole often resist the stigma associated with their criminal records, and instead redefine their identities in a way that...
Women on Parole: Understanding the Impact of Surveillance
The main purpose of parole is to monitor women rather than assist them with successfully reentering back into society. This article uses...
It's Their World, So You've Just Got to Get through': Women's Experiences of Parole Governance
Parole is gendered and tailored to male 'risk factors', which often has a doubly negative impact on women's reentry experiences. Based on...
Life Capacity Beyond Reentry: A Critical Examination of Racism and Prisoner Reentry Reform in.....
Reentry support should provide access and resources to higher education, including leadership and organizational skills, and should...
Devolving the Carceral State: Race, Prisoner Reentry, and the Micro-Politics of Urban Poverty....
The carceral state is furthering its reach into poor, Black and Brown communities through community-based reentry programs, continuing a...
“Free but Still Walking the Yard”: Prisonization and the Problems of Reentry
People returning to society after incarceration often experience a type of shock while they are forced to reorient themselves to a new...
Being a Good Daughter and Sister: Families of Origin in the Reentry of African American Female....
Black women in reentry face unique challenges. Based on repeated in-depth interviews over 16 months with 43 women who have criminal...
People, Places, and Things: How Female Ex-Prisoners Negotiate Their Neighborhood Context
Neighborhoods impact the reentry and desistance process, particularly for Black women. Based on multiple interviews with Black women...
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