Prisoner re-entry in Cape Town - an exploratory study

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dc.contributor.authorLukas, Muntingh
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:43:22Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis 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? Increasingly scholars are using the term ‘re-entry’ to describe the process of coming back to society from prison and being part of daily societal life. When discussing prisoner re-entry and reintegration it is important to understand that prisoners and ex-prisoners are not a representative sample of the total population. Apart from the obvious demographic characteristic that 98% are male and that they are predominantly between the ages of 18 and 35 years, they have other characteristics placing significant hurdles in the path of re-entry and reintegration. From research done in the UK it is known that ex-prisoners have behind them a history of social exclusion.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis publication was made possible through the generous support of the Open Society Foundation (SA).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuntingh, L. 2008. Prisoner re-entry in Cape Town - an exploratory study. Research paper. Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative. 1-37en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCivil Society Prison Reform Initiativeen_US
dc.subjectPrisoner re-entryen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectRe-arresten_US
dc.subjectHealth careen_US
dc.subjectAccess to support servicesen_US
dc.titlePrisoner re-entry in Cape Town - an exploratory studyen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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