Homeward Life In The Year After Prison

Life in the year after prison the conversation will be held at princeton university on monday oct.

In the first year after prison most respondents could not afford their own housing and relied on family support and government programs with half living in deep poverty. In homeward sociologist bruce western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. In homeward sociologist bruce western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. A book sale and signing will follow the discussion.

Drawing from in depth interviews with over one hundred individuals returning from massachusetts state prisons he describes the lives of the formerly incarcerated and demonstrates how poverty racial inequality. Drawing from in depth interviews with over one hundred individuals he describes the lives of the formerly incarcerated and demonstrates how poverty racial inequality and failures of social support trap many in a cycle of vulnerability despite their efforts to rejoin society. Western advocates increased assistance in the first year after prison including guaranteed housing and health care drug treatment and transitional employment. Drawing from in dep in the era of mass incarceration over 600 000 people are released from federal or state prison each year with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence.

Life in the year after prison is an empirical meditation on this issue. Bruce western s new book homeward examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. In homeward sociologist bruce western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. The book is the product of western s journey away from quantitative data analysis about the relationship between punishment and social inequality and towards an in depth engagement with the people within the large data sets he once used.

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Life in the year after prison. In homeward sociologist bruce western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. Drawing from in depth interviews with over one hundred individuals he describes the lives of the formerly incarcerated and demonstrates how poverty racial inequality and failures of social support trap many in a cycle of vulnerability despite their efforts to rejoin society. Many struggled with chronic pain mental illnesses or addiction the most important predictor of recidivism.

By bruce western new york russell sage foundation 2018 216pp. Many struggled with chronic pain mental illnesses or addiction and most were unemployed. Most respondents were also unemployed. Guggenheim fellow bruce western and macarthur genius fellow matthew desmond will discuss mass incarceration and prisoner re entry through the lens of western s new book homeward.

15 4 30 p m in robertson hall.