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Illinois Prisoners' Reflections on Returning Home
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Illinois Prisoners' Reflections on Returning Home
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Visher, Christy
La Vigne, Nancy
Farrell, Jill
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Urban Institute (Washington, DC)
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Published 2003.
8 pages.
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Illinois
Offender reintegration
(Reentry)
Surveys
(Statistics &Research)
The "characteristics, experiences, expectations, and plans of soon-to-be-released prisoners returning to the city of Chicago" are discussed (p. 1). Sections of this report cover: preliminary findings regarding criminal history/involvement, education, employment, financial support, substance abuse, health, gang involvement, family relationships and support, housing, and postrelease supervision; reentry defined; prisoner reentry in Illinois; study methodology; returning home -- understanding the challenges of prisoner reentry; and policy implications and next steps.
Accession Number: 019308
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