Society plays a huge role into the lives of the inmates after being released. The inmates are labeled and viewed as a threat causing the inmate to live with many stereotypes. This is one of the ways that inmates feel insecure and fear which makes it difficult for them to start something as they are released back into society. In this article by Stearns they explain how a label can have an impact in the inmate's "A negative label such as "convict" may block a person from so many opportunities that they end up adopting and internalizing the label, becoming even more of a convict." If society gives them a negative reaction and won't give them a second chance one can see that it does affect the inmates as they are trying to fit in again. Sometimes
