Challenges Incarcerated Women Face as They Return to Their Communities: Findings from Life History Interviews
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This article uses results of a qualitative research project to describe the challenges that incarcerated women face as they return to their communities from jail or prison. Following a descriptive profile of the population, the particular challenges are discussed, focusing on the gender and culturally specific needs that formerly incarcerated women from low-income communities face upon release from correctional facilities in this country. The article concludes with a discussion of the broader contexts that affect women's self-sufficiency, and the need for neighborhood development initiatives, public policy reform, and social changes.
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Comorbidity, if inadequately addressed, can undermine reentry by increasing the risk of persistent housing problems, lost productivity and lost employment opportunities, and failures at family reunification.
“Our results are similar to those of previous studies of women prisoners, suggesting that such comorbidity, if inadequately addressed, can undermine reentry by increasing the risk of persistent housing problems, lost productivity and lost employment opportunities, and failures at family reunification (2, 15).”
From Behavioral Health and Social Correlates of Reincarceration Among Hispanic, Native American, and White Rural Women (2013) · cites this paper as [2]
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- Authors
- Richie, B. E.
- Corresponding author
- Richie, Beth E.
- Venue
- Crime & Delinquency
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 368-389
- ISSN
- 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-387X
- OpenAlex
- W2150739858
- Cited by
- 551
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 32.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Keywords
- women prisoners, reentry, formerly incarcerated women, low-income communities, gender-specific needs, cultural needs, self-sufficiency, neighborhood development, public policy reform, social change
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