When prisoners in the United States are released, they face an environment that is challenging and actively deters them from becoming productive members of society. Within three years of release, 67.8 percent of ex-offenders are rearrested, and within five years, 76.6 percent are rearrested.
In this discussion board, let’s discuss why prisoner reentry back into society after being released from a correctional facility has emerged as an important issue recently. What do you see as some of the positive developments regarding this?
