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October 2005, Vol 95, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1718-1724
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.065805

PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF IMPRISONMENT

Behavioral Health Problems, Ex-Offender Reentry Policies, and the "Second Chance Act"

Wendy Pogorzelski, PhD, Nancy Wolff, PhD, Ko-Yu Pan, PhD and Cynthia L. Blitz, PhD

The authors are with the Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Wendy Pogorzelski, PhD, Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (e-mail: wpogorzelski{at}ifh.rutgers.edu).

The federal "Second Chance Act of 2005" calls for expanding reentry services for people leaving prison, yet existing policies restrict access to needed services for those with criminal records. We examined the interaction between individual-level characteristics and policy-level restrictions related to criminal conviction, and the likely effects on access to resources upon reentry, using a sample of prisoners with Axis I mental disorders (n=3073).

We identified multiple challenges related to convictions, including restricted access to housing, public assistance, and other resources. Invisible punishments embedded within existing policies were inconsistent with the call for second chances. Without modification of federal and state policies, the ability of reentry services to foster behavioral health and community reintegration is limited.




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