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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for ex-offenders, services for
4 results foundAuthor: Baldry, Eileen Title: Aborginal Women with Dependent Children Leaving Prison Project: Needs Analysis Report Summary: This project investigates the transitional and post release needs of Aborginal women with dependent children who are exiting prison in Western Sydney, Australia. It aims to understand their needs; appropriate services available and servive gaps in the area, in order to recommend a service model and evaluation framework addressing these needs. In the longer term it is meant to inform a supported housing pilot project for this group of women and their children. Details: Sydney: University of New South Wales; NSW Department of Community Services; Homelessness NSW, 2008. 114p. Source: Year: 2008 Country: Australia URL: Shelf Number: 113490 Keywords: AboriginalsChildren of PrisonersEx-Offenders, Services for |
Author: Clinks Title: What Works in Local Commissioning: A 360 Degree Perspective Summary: The Clinks London Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Development Project was established in 2006 and has worked to bring together voluntary sector organizations and commissioners to increase the range of services for offenders and ex-offenders. This report summarizes four pieces of research commissioned by Clinks to establish how a variety of services are commissioned for those leaving prison and serving sentences in the community. Each service is illustrated by case studies, giving perspectives from staff delivering the services, users of each service and those who commission the offender. The four services highlighted in this report include: 1) services provided by Adfam to support people affected by family members' drug use and crime; 2) services for people with a dual diagnosis of mental health problems along with drug or alcohol dependency; 3)a look at a variety of housing services commissioned for prison leavers; and 4) a program providing training and employment opportunities, with a focus on young black, Asian and minority ethic offenders. Details: York, UK: Clinks, 2008. 55p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 118624 Keywords: Drug OffendersEmployment, Ex-OffendersEx-Offenders, Services forHousingMentally Ill OffendersReentryVoluntary and Community Organizations (U.K.) |
Author: Muntingh, Lukas Title: Prisoner Re-Entry in Cape Town - An Exploratory Study Summary: "Every month in South Africa approximately 6000 sentenced prisoners are released, some on parole and some on expiry of sentence. After serving their prison sentences it is society’s expectation that they will refrain from committing crime and be productive citizens. They are expected to find employment, rebuild relationships with their families and communities, and cease from engaging in certain activities and avoiding the risks that caused their imprisonment in the first instance. Unfortunately, it is the case that many released prisoners commit further offences and find their way back to prison, some in a remarkably short period of time while others return after several years. This study is concerned with the immediate post-release period and asked a very simple question: “What happens to people immediately after they have been released from prison?” The question is aimed at gaining a deeper and empirical understanding of what prisoner re-entry and reintegration into society mean and what the obstacles are to successful reintegration. When people’s lives have effectively been put on hold for several months or years, how do they pick up the strings where they had left them, if there are indeed strings to pick up? " Details: Bellville, South Africa: Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008. 37p. Source: Internet Resource; CSPRI Research Paper No. 14 Year: 2008 Country: South Africa URL: Shelf Number: 119383 Keywords: Ex-Offenders, Services forPrisoner ReentryPrisonersRecidivismRehabilitation |
Author: Wei, Qing Title: Using Administrative Data to Prioritize Jail Reentry Services: Findings from the Comprehensive Transition Planning Project Summary: This research brief describes the results of a partnership between Vera’s Substance Use and Mental Health Program (SUMH) and the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), the agency responsible for operating the city’s jail system. Faced with a huge demand for jail reentry services the DOC sought a way to target social services and treatment toward those who most needed support to address problems that contributed to their involvement with the justice system. SUMH researchers used information that the DOC maintained in its administrative data systems to develop a tool to assess people’s risk of recidivism—the Service Priority Indicator (SPI). The SPI draws information on charge, age, and prior jail admissions to assign everyone entering the jail to one of five service priority levels. A validation of the SPI found that 84 percent of those in the highest service-priority category were re-incarcerated within a year of release compared to 24 percent of those at the lowest service-priority level. The DOC is currently using the SPI to inform its decisions about who gets reentry services, as it implements its new, innovative discharge planning process. Details: Washington, DC: Vera Institute of Justice, 2012. 8p. Source: Research Briefing: Internet Resource: Accessed December 2, 2012 at http://www.vera.org/download?file=3593/CTPP-research%2520brief.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.vera.org/download?file=3593/CTPP-research%2520brief.pdf Shelf Number: 127099 Keywords: Ex-Offenders, Services forPrisoner ReentryReentry, Jail |