RT Article
T1 The pains of release: Federally-sentenced women’s experiences on parole
JF European journal of probation
VO 13
IS 1
SP 1
OP 20
A1 McKendy, Laura
A2 Ricciardelli, Rosemary
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1753319943
AB Contributing to the international literature on reintegration and parole governance, we examine the release experiences of women (n=43) who served time in federal Canadian prison through a qualitative content analysis of casework documents. We show that the multiple stressors of release, combined with layers of social marginality, may render the “pains of release” as equally compromising to (albeit distinct from) those associated with imprisonment. Findings reveal several key pains of re-entry for formerly incarcerated women experience: Over stimulation, social disorientation and social precarity; missing “hooks” for new identities; parental and custodial struggles; extensive parole obligations; and living conditions. Implications for policy and case management practices are presented.
K1 re-entry barriers
K1 parole governance
K1 parole case management
K1 Reintegration
K1 parolee mental health
K1 Pains of release
K1 Desistance
DO 10.1177/2066220320948375