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100	1		_aMiddlemass, Keesha, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConvicted and condemned : _bthe politics and policies of prisoner reentry / _cKeesha M. Middlemass.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2017
264		4	_c2017
300			_axiii, 283 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-268) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Felons are contemporary outlaws -- Felony conviction as social disability -- Unwelcome homecoming -- Denying access to public housing -- Education's failed promise -- Not working and unable to work -- Conclusion: Public hostility -- Methodological appendix.
520			_aFelony convictions restrict social interactions and hinder felons' efforts to reintegrate into society. The educational and vocational training offered in many prisons are typically not recognized by accredited educational institutions as acceptable course work or by employers as valid work experience, making it difficult for recently-released prisoners to find jobs. Families often will not or cannot allow their formerly incarcerated relatives to live with them. In many states, those with felony convictions cannot receive financial aid for further education, vote in elections, receive welfare benefits, or live in public housing. In short, they are not treated as full citizens, and every year, hundreds of thousands of people released from prison are forced to live on the margins of society. This book explores the issue of prisoner reentry from the felons' perspective. It features the voices of formerly incarcerated felons as they attempt to reconnect with family, learn how to acclimate to society, try to secure housing, find a job, and complete a host of other important goals. By examining national housing, education and employment policies implemented at the state and local levels, Middlemass shows how the law challenges and undermines prisoner reentry and creates second-class citizens. Even if the criminal justice system never convicted another person of a felony, millions of women and men would still have to figure out how to reenter society, essentially on their own. This book explores how individuals, and society as a whole, suffer when a felony conviction exacts a punishment that never ends.
650		0	_aPrisoners _xDeinstitutionalization _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEx-convicts _zUnited States _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aEx-convicts _xServices for _zNew Jersey.
650		7	_aPrisoners _xDeinstitutionalization.
650		7	_aEx-convicts _xSocial conditions.
651		7	_aUnited States.
651		7	_aNew Jersey.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology.
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