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  • 021653

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  • Published 2005.
  • 211 pages.

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From Locked Up to Locked Out: Creating and Implementing Post-Release Housing for Ex-Prisoners: A Training Resource for Community Organizations, 2005 Update

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The need to address homelessness among reentering ex-prisoners and strategies for providing post-release housing are explained. This book consists of six sections: Section 1 -- how prisoner reentry became a crisis; Section 2 -- the criminal justice system; Section 3 -- HIV, mental illness, addiction, and womens issues and their implications for housing; Section 4 -- issues associated with offering post-release housing; Section 5 -- housing staff assistance and social services for ex-prisoners; and Section 6 -- changing the system. Updated contents include: "Collaboration -- The Key to Successful and Sustained Reentry Transitions" and "Family Reunification: The Importance of Reconnecting After Incarceration."
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