Pros And Cons Of Prisoner Reentry

Reentry is "A broad term that refers to the issues related to the transition of ex-offenders from incarceration to community and specifically involves using programs that promote the effective reintegration of ex-offenders into communities when they are released from prison and jail" (Prisoner Reentry: Coming to a Community Near You). Over thirty years, the United State has seen a steady growth of people being incarcerated. While the number of people incarcerated have been decreasing, as of 2012 there are still two million people still incarcerated in prison and jails in the US. Also, “since 1990 an average of 590,400 inmates have been released annually from state and federal prisons and almost 5 million ex-offenders are under some form of community-based supervision” (James, 2015). While some prisoners will be released …show more content…
Most ex-offender reentering society are males. In 2012, offenders serving a jail sentence were eighty- seven percent were male and just thirteen percent were female. While it seems like a big gap, both male and female offenders face the same obstacles like “finding adequate housing, obtaining employment, obtaining substance abuse and mental health treatment, or even being admitted to higher education” (Gunnison and Helfgott; 2013). With male and female offenders facing the same obstacles, males and females have different reentry experience. For most female offenders, is dealing with prior abuse histories that they are still affected by. Most males are dealing with their history of violent criminal activities. Not only is there a difference between genders, but also with race and social class. In California, they study that probationers from a low socioeconomically background is likely to fail their probation by either violating their probation or committing a new