01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Substance Abuse
9 Oct 2017
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Little attention focused on how effectively implement reentry programming within correctional facilities. Refers to inmates who reenter society after a period of incarceration. Refers to criminal justice process of releasing inmates from prison. Increases in number of offenders entering, being released, and returning to prison. Recognition of escalating costs associated with incarceration. Most offenders return to a small number of communities. Impact of barriers related to prisoner reentry within institutional community contexts. Increased availability of federal dollars to fund reentry initiatives. Half a million inmates are released on parole annually, and (cid:1152) are expected to be. Growth in offender populations rearrested within three years. Federal and state spend more than 62 billion dollars a year. Released inmates return to a small number of communities. (cid:1152) of released prisoners go back to urban areas. Ill-equipped to deal with reentry needs of returning offenders. Recognition of barriers to reentry and collateral consequences.
