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56 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/wjor56 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION 2017, VOL. 56, NO. 1, 1-19 Routledge http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2016.1257533 Taylor& Francis Group The reentry labyrinth: The anatomy of a reentry services network Johnny Nhan, Kendra Bowen, and Katherine Polzer Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Difficulties of returning prisoners to society have been well Prisoner reentry; recidivism; documented in research the last few decades. This article looks reentry programs at reentry programs and finds very few standardized programs and brought up many practical issues exoffenders face upon reentry. We examine a nonprofit regional reentry program in North Texas in order to better understand the number and nature of services available and the difficulties the organizations face and its potential impact on former inmates. We use Texas ReEntry Services (TXRS) data located in Fort Worth, Texas, as a starting point for mapping the reentry landscape, including client information in order to identify variables that affect obtaining resources, such as transportation. Finally, we discuss the potential impact of this networked arrangement on policy and recidivism. Introduction Scholars have studied the difficulties of prisoner reentry in the United States for the past several decades. We have an understanding that prisoners face a myriad of difficulties upon release, ranging from such logistical issues as obtaining housing and employment to related abstract issues of being labeled an exconvict and being on parole. Petersilia (2001, 2003) painted a grim picture of the mass of prisoners coming home to a social and political environment set up for their failure and recidivism. Negative attitudes towards exoffenders perpetuate misguided policies based on incapacitation and retribution that have increased the number of incarcerations while simultaneously dismantling reentry support services. Many practitioners have cited Robert Martinson's (1974) meta-analysis of reentry programs, which concluded that nothing works as justification for prison expansion and retributive operating philosophies (See Blumstein, 1989; Cullen, 2013; Petersilia, 2001). The consequent expansion in prisons since the 1970s has paralleled the mass increase in community corrections in the form of parole, where many exoffenders find themselves back in prison due CONTACT Katherine Polzer 0 k.I.polzer@tcu.edu (D Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University, 2600 South University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA. 0 2017 Taylor & Francis

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