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CJUS 703 DB 5 Reentry: Saving Offenders from Crime Life During the last week, when I was trimming the front lawn of my house with the weed eater, I became aware of a potential issue. I had been trimming the grass in the same manner for a considerable amount of time, and I had no idea that by trimming the grass close to the house, I was gradually causing damage to the underpinning to the point where I would need to replace a sizeable piece of the siding. This is related to the idea that something is not an issue until it develops into a problem in the future. The difficulty that formerly incarcerated people had in reintegrating into society was a societal issue that was disregarded for a long time by the Corrections department (Cullen & Jonson, 2016). Because of these four factors, the reintegration of former inmates into society is a fundamentally prevalent concern: 1. According to Cullen and Jonson (2016), the mass imprisonment practices that were prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s are the root cause of the first difficulty associated with the process of reintegration. According to Cullen and Jonson (2016), the annual release of inmates creates a significant pressure on the nation's system of corrections. The annual release of inmates is estimated to be more than 600,000 persons. 2. As has been said quite a few times during the whole of this class, the objective of the correctional system is to reduce the risk of recidivism, which is defined as a return to a life of crime and subsequent incarceration. According to Jonson and Cullen (2016), the terrible fact is that jails do not make any attempt to guarantee that offenders take steps to lessen the possibility of recidivism and integrate with conventional society. This is a problem since recidivism is a major problem in the United States.

3. There are not nearly enough therapy programs available for incarcerated individuals before and after they are released from jail due to the large number of convicts that are released each year (Cullen & Jonson, 2016). 4. 4. Finally, following their release, offenders are confronted with a wide variety of challenges, such as finding work or a place to live, managing their money, or other similar matters, and the system is not fully equipped to help them with these issues (Cullen & Jonson, 2016). The United States came face to face, for the first time, with more than 600,000 individuals who were released from jail shortly after the year 2000, which is when the subject of reentry was first brought to light. Since a very long time ago, there has been a problem with readmission; more recently, this problem has evolved into a societal concern. Cullen and Jonson (2016) state that the word "reentry" has been firmly established as the phrase that describes the process by which an offender gets freed. This concept provided two distinct advantages. To begin, it did not seem to have any ideological leanings that I could discern. In contrast to parole, reentry was not connected to any existing criminal practice or institution that had been the subject of political dispute in the past. In contrast to reintegration, it does not call for any particular protocols to be followed. It was only a portrayal of an objective reality; neither conservatives nor liberals had anything to do with its creation. The Significance of Reintegration Programs It is apparent that the significance of reintegration programs is not hard to comprehend. According to Astrada (2018), reintegration programs provide formerly incarcerated individuals a significantly increased probability of successfully reentering society after being released from prison. Astrada continues by saying that reentry programs provide former inmates with the

chance to better their lives, which may provide former inmates the potential to construct a productive and sustainable existence that helps the community itself. According to Astrada, the likelihood of an ex-convict committing new crimes decreases when they are able to function normally in society after their release from prison. When a community is confronted with a significant number of inmates being released from jail, many activists feel that the community should. One of the most important resources for both the community and the criminal justice system is the provision of reentry programs (Astrada, 2018). Fringe is a new coffee shop that just opened near this writer's hometown. Ex-convicts own and run the fringe Coffee shop. He feels that one of the most tough things about returning to society is finding work. As a convict, finding a job may be very tough. People need to get back into the community, and the Fringe coffee shop is one example of this. It's the coffee shop's hope that it can help both the convict and the community. Reflections Evaluations of educational programs must to be carried out by academics in a manner that is rigorous, genuine, and reliable. Although a wide variety of therapeutic programs for treatment in both institutional and community settings have been established, very few rigorous evaluations of these programs have been carried out (Jonson & Cullen, 2015). Cost-effectiveness and cost reductions are two of the most essential factors that policymakers take into account when making decisions. In specific programs, which are dependent on the advantages that come about as a result of treatment (Martin et al., 1999). People make hasty decisions that have far- reaching ramifications for society and the nation when they lack the data at their disposal. Evidence-based decision-making guarantees that public funds go to those who need them most and that genuine programs are executed.

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