View Research by Author - Michael Kane

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This report examines the housing landscape of prisoner reentry in the District of Columbia through an analysis of neighborhoods that had high rates of returning prisoners and a survey of housing-related providers. This report fills important gaps in information vital to the District's continuing efforts to implement effective strategies for reintegrating and supervising returning parolees. More specifically, this research has been developed to provide a framework for understanding what types of housing and housing support services exist in the geographic areas to which persons leaving prison return, and to document the needs of communities from the viewpoint of the service providers. The ultimate goal is to sharpen the community's thinking on the issue of housing and prisoner reintegration, and to foster policy innovations that will improve outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.

This report examines the jail reentry phenomenon in the city of Philadelphia, focusing on the return of inmates from the Philadelphia Prison System (PPS). The paper examines trends in incarceration and releases within the city, the characteristics of returning prisoners, self-reported experiences with rehabilitative programming while incarcerated, expectations for post-release experiences, the geographic distribution of returnees, trends in community supervision, and characteristics of neighborhoods with high rates of return. The report includes an empirical analysis of PPS prisoners released between 1996 and 2003.

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