Halfway House : : Prisoner Reentry and the Shadow of Carceral Care / / Liam Martin.
An inside look at the struggles former prisoners face in reentering society Every year, roughly 650,000 people prepare to reenter society after being released from state and federal prisons. In Halfway House, Liam Martin shines a light on their difficult journeys, taking us behind the scenes at Brid...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Alternative Criminology ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 8 b/w illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Carceral Care -- 2. A Blessing in Disguise -- 3. Halfway Home -- 4. Bridge Is Family -- 5. The Recovery Hustle -- 6. The Drug Crisis Outside the Door -- 7. No Narcotics -- 8. Leaving Bridge House -- 9. Alternatives -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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Summary: | An inside look at the struggles former prisoners face in reentering society Every year, roughly 650,000 people prepare to reenter society after being released from state and federal prisons. In Halfway House, Liam Martin shines a light on their difficult journeys, taking us behind the scenes at Bridge House, a residential reentry program in Boston, Massachusetts. Drawing on three years of research, Martin explores the obstacles these former prisoners face in the real world. From drug addiction to poverty, he captures the ups and downs of life after incarceration in vivid, engaging detail. He shows us what, exactly, it is like to live in a halfway house, giving us a rare, up-close view of its role in a dense and often confusing web of organizations governing prisoner reentry. Martin asks us to rethink the possibilities—and pitfalls—of using halfway houses to manage the worst excesses of mass incarceration. A portrait of life in the long shadow of the carceral state, Halfway House lets us see the struggles of reentry through the eyes of former prisoners. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781479800711 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754186 9783110753967 9783110739107 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9781479800681.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Liam Martin. |