Talk:Prisoner reentry

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 April 2019 and 7 June 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Imanidorsey13.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:43, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Additional info
Becoming increasingly popular in the last couple decades, prisoner reentry programs such as the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York, the Fortune Society, the Osbourne Association, and Strive have taken up the challenge to help formerly incarcerated individuals make the difficult transition back into communities after serving time in prison. Many individuals who reenter society without marketable occupational skills, proper education, and formal work experience, not only face the burden of a felony conviction in the more serious cases, but also face the challenge of employers holding stigmas against these people.[22]

According to Shawn Bushway’s 2002 research, "one in three incarcerated individuals reported being unemployed before entering state prison, and fewer than half had a job lined up prior to release. Since data show that two-thirds of all those released from prison and on parole will be rearrested within three years, and over 50 percent will return to prison or jail, there is great need for reentry programs to help people find jobs and avoid recidivism."[23]

"As higher numbers of individuals are released from prison and rejoin society, reentry programs can help former offenders reintegrate into society without continuing to engage in crime. This quasi-experimental study examined whether participation in reentry programming was associated with reduced recidivism among offenders who were no longer under criminal justice supervision."[24]

"While the economic model of crime suggests that improving post-prison labor market prospects should reduce recidivism, evaluations of previous employment-oriented re-entry programs have mixed results, possibly due to the multi-faceted challenges facing prisoners at the time of their release."[25]

Maxwell moilanen (talk) 06:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)Max

Reverted contributions
I've reverted some student edits to the page, which removed a large amount of content. You can see this version here. This had too much of an essay style to it and I was concerned that some of the content came across as POV statements and opinions. I also felt that some of the material, such as sterilization and the impact of imprisonment on the prisoner's families, were too off topic for the article. The content didn't really tie it into the topic of prisoner re-entry in a way that didn't come across as original research, especially as it seemed to have more of a general outlook on the impact of incarceration on a person and their perception (ie, while in prison and upon release as opposed to how it impacted their reentry). Any theories or ties that did come in felt like they were OR. As such, I'm removing the content and wanted to leave a note here explaining the removal of such a large amount of information, along with a link to that specific version. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:18, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Recent updates
For this article, I added more information about the purpose and key parts of the process of re-entry, the resource disparities for this area of re-entry for programs and infrastructures in-prison and post-release. These programs are related to employment, education, housing, and gender-specific considerations. I moved around some pre-existing parts of this article to fit the sub-headings I added in. Additionally, I provided links to established, promising re-entry organizations. Imanidorsey13 (talk) 07:06, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Cancel Culture in See Also section
I removed Cancel Culture from the See Also section. There's nothing really tying that to this page anywhere. If you'd like it back, maybe consider working it into the body of the article.

Healthcare Section
The healthcare section of the article could be improved. A citation is needed for the current statement, and more information on healthcare reentry programs could be added. Mahimasinha (talk) 06:52, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Senior Seminar
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Suggest adding section mentioning the The Reentry Working Group
Suggest adding a section that mentions the Reentry Working Group does to advocate to secure robust federal policy and funding for programs to assist formerly incarcerated individuals and/or people with criminal legal histories in achieving long-term reentry success, including supporting themselves and their families, and engaging with their communities https://www.reentryworkinggroup.org/ Catfish2008 (talk) 22:40, 28 April 2024 (UTC)