Working at the Community Training Residence (CTR), a half way house, I have identified that offenders face difficulties obtaining employment following their release. CTR attempts to reintegrate offenders into the community by addressing criminogenic needs, relaying them to employment resources as well as giving guidance to a structured lifestyle while slowly allowing community contact. Possible factors of high unemployment rates offenders face are lack of skills or experience, no employment prior to incarceration, or loss of employment due to conviction.
When offenders apply to CTR, a decision panel meets with the offender at the correctional to form a case plan on what the offender plans to do once at the house, one being to actively seek …show more content…
For an offender to be successfully reintegrated means being gainfully employed as, offenders are less likely to recidivate and they are contributing to the community. The caseworker’s responsibility is to ensure the offender is meeting the case plan, altering objectives need be and taking away privileges if the offender is not actively seeking employment. The caseworker also gives offenders places to search for employment, monitors outings to the library or to work preparation programs as wells as relays them to potential employers. At any point, the offender has access to their caseworker to address any needs they may have regarding their case …show more content…
With both the offender attempting to seek employment and the caseworker supplying resources, they are addressing the unemployment issue in hopes for the offender to successfully reintegrate into the community upon completion of their sentence.
Although one of the goals of CTR is to address unemployment inequalities in offenders that are attempting to reintegrate into the community, the problem is at a macro level as the effects is on the entire society. Potential solutions may include having offenders seek employment while still incarcerated or having work initiative that hire offenders upon
When offenders apply to CTR, a decision panel meets with the offender at the correctional to form a case plan on what the offender plans to do once at the house, one being to actively seek …show more content…
For an offender to be successfully reintegrated means being gainfully employed as, offenders are less likely to recidivate and they are contributing to the community. The caseworker’s responsibility is to ensure the offender is meeting the case plan, altering objectives need be and taking away privileges if the offender is not actively seeking employment. The caseworker also gives offenders places to search for employment, monitors outings to the library or to work preparation programs as wells as relays them to potential employers. At any point, the offender has access to their caseworker to address any needs they may have regarding their case …show more content…
With both the offender attempting to seek employment and the caseworker supplying resources, they are addressing the unemployment issue in hopes for the offender to successfully reintegrate into the community upon completion of their sentence.
Although one of the goals of CTR is to address unemployment inequalities in offenders that are attempting to reintegrate into the community, the problem is at a macro level as the effects is on the entire society. Potential solutions may include having offenders seek employment while still incarcerated or having work initiative that hire offenders upon