NCJ Number
129185
Date Published
1986
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This report presents the results of a 1985 survey of 29 prisoners regarding their experiences of resettlement in the United Kingdom.
Abstract
Of the 29 participants, 11 were women and 18 men. There was a general decline in the security of accommodations; about half experienced a downward movement in housing type. One-fourth of the participants had a job to go to on release, and only three went back to a previous employer. The 13 percent that started education in prison received some help from either the education officer or NACRO. About 40 percent of the releasees received help from a prerelease course or from a Prerelease Employment Scheme (PRES). Female experiences differed significantly from male, particularly in housing, involvement in education, child responsibility, claims for supplementary and child benefits, and housing bills. Resettlement experiences can be improved by prison advisory services through benefits, accommodations, and employment as well as through more PRES hostels and NACRO schemes, imprisonment near home, and more frequent day releases and home visits.