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1 results foundAuthor: Peeples, Carol Title: Homelessness and Parole: A Survey of Denver's Shelters Summary: The interviews conducted for this survey offer insight into 48 individuals who were homeless and on parole in Denver, Colorado, during the winter of 2008-2009. Their stories and situations exemplify the complexity of the issue, but this is not to say that common threads did not surface. Indeed, it is these commonalities that form the basis for each of the eleven recommendations presented in this report. The average annual cost of incarcerating an inmate is over $30,000 per inmate,6 so changes in policies and practices that reduce recidivism can provide the state with an immediate opportunity for significant cost savings. In fiscal year 2008, 41% of the total admissions to Colorado’s prisons were people who had been revoked from parole and returned to prison. Of this group, 27% returned to prison for committing a new crime while on parole, but 73% (3,353 people) were returned to prison for a technical violation of their parole. It is not known whether people who leave prison homeless have a higher failure rate on parole, but it is known that people face enormous challenges, including finding housing, when they are released. Based on our own research and interviews with parolees, CCJRC believes that paroling or discharging from prison homeless is a barrier to successful re-entry and should be avoided to the greatest extent possible. Details: Denver, CO: Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, 2009. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 22, 2011 at: http://www.ccjrc.org/pdf/CCJRC_Homeless_Report.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: http://www.ccjrc.org/pdf/CCJRC_Homeless_Report.pdf Shelf Number: 120861 Keywords: HomelessnessParolees (Colorado)Reentry |