Public Administrators against Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration

prisoner reentry programs;parole;re-incarceration;College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration

Lemon, TracieFlint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: prisoner reentry programs;    parole;    re-incarceration;    College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration;   

Others  :  https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/117720/Lemon.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

瑞士|英语

来源: The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship

【 摘 要 】

Every year, the criminal justice system releases thousands of offenders back into society, usually into the communities where the offender first committed their crime. Within three years, as many as two-thirds of all released offenders will return to the criminal justice system by means of arrest or incarcerations for new crimes, or recidivating, falling back on the same ciminal behaviors that landed them in the criminal justice program in the first place. Currently there are prisoner reentry programs, such as parole, that exist to help offenders reenter society and not fall back on their criminal behaviors. However, if as many as two-thirds are returning to the criminal justice system, the programs are not working. The offenders are returning to prison and go through the reentry process again. If released offenders are continuing to recidivate, fall back on criminal behaviors, prisoner reentry programs are not working. This study will attempt to identify what factors affect the ability of offenders to complete community supervision programs, such as parole and probation, and what is causing them to be re-incarcerated, or reduce their ability to graduate from their designated reentry program, therefore, jeopardizing their chance at reintegration. Research has found that technical violations, too many strict parole conditions, education, mental illness, drug addictions, and probation officer personalities, lack of employment, or ties to the community lead to the inability of released offenders to complete their parole sentence or graduate from a reentry program. Groups such as the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Program, Step-Down Program, Preventing Parolee Crime Program, Mental Health and Drug Courts have seen these barriers and have made moves to address them. To confirm the literature collected, the methodology will consist of a summary of Michigan Governer Rick Snyder;;s Public Safety Plan and a critique of the Plan against collected literature.