Release from Jail: Moment of Crisis or Window of Opportunity for Female Detainees?
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Despite extensive documentation of the reentry challenges facing female prisoners, few such studies have focused on women exiting jails. The Window Study investigated factors associated with the perceived availability of stable housing upon release from detention. Anonymous surveys were conducted with a random sample (n=148) of female detainees at the Baltimore City Detention Center from January 21 to March 17, 2005. Interviews focused on socio-demographic background, health status, recent drug use and sexual behavior history, and material and social resource availability upon release. The median age of female detainees was 37 (interquartile range [IQR]: 29, 41), 69% were African-American, and 33% identified as lesbian or bisexual. The median income in the 30 days prior to arrest was $145 (IQR: 0, 559), and the median number of prior arrests was 5 (IQR: 3, 11). In the presence of other variables familial support (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] 2.57; 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.21, 5.47) and a monthly income of $400-799 (AOR 3.18; 95% CI 1.00, 10.07) were positively associated with perceived housing stability upon release; wanting a support group for having traded sex for money, drugs or a place to stay (AOR 0.25; 95% CI 0.10, 0.63) was significantly negatively associated with perceived housing stability upon release. This study suggests the importance of pre-release planning and continuity of care for female detainees. Interventions should emphasize access to housing, economic opportunity and family reunification. Special attention is warranted to those who have engaged in sex work, who may be marginalized from family and service-based support networks.
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Reentry studies of women prisoners generally focus on African American, Hispanic, and White inmates in urban areas rather than on women returning to rural communities with large Hispanic or Native American populations.
“Reentry studies of women prisoners generally focus on African American, Hispanic, and White inmates in urban areas rather than on women returning to rural communities with large Hispanic or Native American populations (4-6).”
From Behavioral Health and Social Correlates of Reincarceration Among Hispanic, Native American, and White Rural Women (2013) · cites this paper as [5]
The Study Design section describes a study of women detained in Baltimore City, and the discussion says the sample was majority African-American. This makes the paper an example of urban reentry research, but it studies jail detainees rather than prisoners and does not establish what reentry studies generally focus on or compare that literature with research on rural Hispanic or Native American communities. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe reentry needs of the participants closely resemble those of urban inmates.
“Although the reentry needs of our participants closely resemble those of urban inmates (4, 5)”
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The discussion describes reentry needs among female detainees in Baltimore, including housing, income, employment support, and family ties. It supports a comparison with urban female jail detainees, but does not establish that these needs characterize urban inmates generally. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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“Although the reentry needs of our participants closely resemble those of urban inmates (4,5), the needs of rural women often remain unmet because of insufficient mental health care and social service delivery in rural areas (3).”
- Authors
- McLean, R. L., Robarge, J., & Sherman, S. G.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- McLean, Rachel L.
- ORCID
- Sherman, Susan G.
- Venue
- Journal of Urban Health
- Published
- 2006-05-04
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 382-393
- ISSN
- 0028-7091 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-3460
- 1468-2869
- PMC
- PMC2527195
- OpenAlex
- W2089335674
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Urban Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Abell Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- women prisoners, jail release, housing stability, reentry, sex work, family support, income, continuity of care, family reunification, drug use, sexual behavior, African American women, lesbian and bisexual women
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Deinstitutionalization, Female, Health Status, Housing, Humans, Prisoners, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk-Taking, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Baltimore, HIV Infections, Multivariate Analysis
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