Summary
Parole supervision - Correctional Options
Aftercare programs are designed to enable newly released offenders to rejoin society without posing any danger to public safety. Such programs allow institution- and community-based rehabilitation of newly released offenders, providing them with a sense of belonging. This is achieved by means of a series of residential treatment processes conducted within the shelter of a therapeutic community.See the full content of this document
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Aftercare.
Most corrections professionals have long recognized aftercare as an important part of reintegrating newly released offenders into the community. In the past 20 years or so, however, corrections has focused on deterrence, incapacitation and "just deserts," giving relatively little attention to aftercare programming.
Although prisons have been built right and left and budgets for institutional corrections have skyrocketed in that time, parole budgets, staff and programming efforts have declined dramatically. The same applies to the number of halfway houses, work release and furlough programs, and other staples of "community corrections" designed to assist offenders in making a smooth transition to the community after serving their terms. In many instances, offenders are released into the community with little more than a bus or train ticket and a token amount of cash in hand. In many states, parole services and supervision have become illusory. But after years of neglect, aftercare programming for offenders may be making a comeback. Many jurisdictions are beginning to experiment with innovative post-release services and supervisio...See the full content of this document
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