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Author: Great Britain. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts

Title: Meeting Needs? The Offenders Learning and Skills Service

Summary: This report examines the work of the U.K.Learning and Skills Council for providing prisoners with basic skills and qualifications for employment.

Details: London: The Stationery Office, 2008. 34p.

Source: Forty-seventh Report of Session 2007-08. Report, toether with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

Year: 2008

Country: United Kingdom

URL:

Shelf Number: 113401

Keywords:
Correctional Education
Employment of Ex-Offenders
Prisoners

Author: Visher, Christy A.

Title: Life after Prison: Tracking the Experiences of Male Prisoners Returning to Chicago, Cleveland, and Houston

Summary: This research brief describes the experiences of 652 male prisoners in Illinois, Ohio, and Texas, who participated in the Urban Institute's longitudinal study of prisoner reentry, Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry. The men were surveyed shortly before release from prison and interviewed two times following their release -- at two and seven months after release. This research brief describes characteristics of the men and their reentry experiences - including program participation, housing, family relationship, substance use, employment, reoffending, and reincarceration. The brief also summarizes findings from previoius Returning Home reports regarding predictors of reintegration outcomes.

Details: Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2010. 6p.

Source: Internet Resource; Research Brief, May 2010

Year: 2010

Country: United States

URL:

Shelf Number: 118741

Keywords:
Employment of Ex-Offenders
Longitudinal Studies
Prisoner Reentry
Reintegration
Reoffending