Forum: the prison reentry industry

摘要

This forum addresses the emerging Prison Reentry Industry (PRI). It features articles and essays from authors on three continents, and from a variety of perspectives. The authors included here range from ex-prisoners and current prisoners, PRI workers and activists, former prisoners now involved in academic and policy research, critics and practitioners. Together these essays mark a first effort to bring a number of perspectives to bear on a growing and already vast array of programs, in the United States and beyond. From these perspectives, the hope is that the criticism brought forward here will help stimulate debate and reform in future discussions about a processes that affect the lives of millions of people world-wide.