Prison life and prior social experiences: understanding their importance for indigenous peoples’ re-entry outcomes

This study explores whether differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ risk of reincarceration can partially be explained by their social experiences prior-to-prison and their prison-life experiences. Using administrative and self-report data from 1,238 incarcerated Indigenous (n =303) an...

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Authors: Ryan, Nicole (Author) ; Ackerman, Jeffrey M. (Author) ; Bond, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 188 –208
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Prisoner re-entry
Indigenous
Reincarceration
Prison life
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Summary:This study explores whether differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ risk of reincarceration can partially be explained by their social experiences prior-to-prison and their prison-life experiences. Using administrative and self-report data from 1,238 incarcerated Indigenous (n =303) and non-Indigenous (n = 935) people in Australia, we conducted a series of Cox proportional hazards regressions. We found that Indigenous people had a significantly increased risk of reincarceration compared to non-Indigenous people, and that this can partially be explained by social experiences prior-to-prison. However, after conducting multivariate analyses, the association between prison life-experiences and reincarceration was attenuated to the null. The implications for policy and theory are discussed.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azy027