02861nam 2200649 a 450 991080937610332120200520144314.00-8147-8422-40-8147-8316-310.18574/nyu/9780814784228(CKB)1000000000486949(EBL)865923(OCoLC)779828308(SSID)ssj0000235345(PQKBManifestationID)11924756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235345(PQKBWorkID)10243249(PQKB)10644889(MiAaPQ)EBC865923(OCoLC)229447867(MdBmJHUP)muse10387(Au-PeEL)EBL865923(CaPaEBR)ebr10268991(DE-B1597)548630(DE-B1597)9780814784228(EXLCZ)99100000000048694920071018d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReleasing prisoners, redeeming communities reentry, race, and politics /Anthony C. Thompson1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8321-X 0-8147-8303-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-241) and index.Reentry, race, and stigma -- Media influence on public perceptions of prison life -- Women : the afterthought in reentry planning -- Reentry and housing -- Reentry and health care -- Reentry and unemployment -- Reentry and the political process -- Reentry and parole -- Reentry courts -- Conclusion.In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century,African Americans made up approximately twelve percent of the United States population but close to forty percent of the United States prison population. Now, in the latter half of the decade, the nation is in the midst of the largest multi-year discharge of prisoners in its history. In Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities , Anthony C. Thompson discusses what is likely to happen to these ex-offenders and why. For Thompson, any discussion of ex-offender reentry is, de facto, a question of race. After laying out the statistics,Ex-convictsUnited StatesCriminalsRehabilitationUnited StatesMinoritiesUnited StatesSocial conditionsEx-convictsCriminalsRehabilitationMinoritiesSocial conditions.365/.6470973Thompson Anthony C5193MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809376103321Releasing prisoners, redeeming communities3930112UNINA