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Massachusetts Recidivism Study: A Closer Look at Releases and Returns to Prison
The Urban Institute - April 2008

One Year Out: Experiences of Prisoners Returning to Cleveland, OH
The Urban Istitute - April 18, 2007

Prisoner Reentry: The State of Public Opinion

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

While national public opinion has been measured on many aspects of the criminal justice system, attitudes on prisoner reentry issues have been absent from the data. Existing data tell us that the public want a criminal justice system that fosters rehabilitation, but they feel that the prison system generally fails on this count.

The Recent Re-Entry Policy Council Report
Provides, in a single document, a comprehensive analysis of those elements essential to a successful return to the community, a review of relevant research, and a look at programs and policies that illustrate how policymakers and practitioners in jurisdictions across the country have implemented a particular recommendation.

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative: A Preliminary Evaluation of a Faith-Based Prison Program (pdf)
A Study from the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.

Transition from Prison to Community Initiative (pdf)
A study from the National Institute of Corrections.

Recidivism: An Analysis of Public and Private State Prison Releases in Florida (pdf)
A joint study conducted by Florida State University, the Florida Department of Corrections, and the Correctional Privatization Commission.

A Better Life—A Safer Community: Helping Inmates Access Federal Benefits
This paper from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law,discusses access to federal benefit programs for adults with serious mental illnesses and juveniles with serious mental or emotional disorders leaving jail, prison, juvenile detention or other correctional institutions.

After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry
The Legal Action Center has completed an exhaustive two-year study of the legal obstacles that people with criminal records face when they attenpt to reenter society and become productive, law-abiding citizens.

From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
A publication of the Urban Institute - 2001

Preventing Homelessness Among People Leaving Prison
A publication of the VERA Institute of Justice - 2003