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Getting the runaround : formerly incarcerated men and the bureaucratic barriers to reentry / John M. Halushka.

9780520388703 electronic book
0520388704 electronic book
9780520388680 hardcover
9780520388697 paperback

Oakland, California: University of California Press, [2023]

English

1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)

HV9306.N6 H35 2023

364.809747

"Getting the Runaround takes readers into the bureaucratic spaces of prisoner reentry, examining how returning citizens navigate the "institutional circuit" of parole offices, public assistance programs, rehabilitation facilities, shelters, and family courts. Drawing on three years of ethnographic fieldwork and forty-five in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated men returning to New York City, John M. Halushka argues that the very institutions charged with facilitating the transition from incarceration to community life perversely undermine reintegration by imposing a litany of bureaucratic hassles. This "runaround" is more than just a series of inconveniences, but rather an extension of state punishment that undermines successful reintegration by exacerbating material poverty and diminishing citizenship rights. By telling the stories of men caught in cycles of poverty, bureaucratic processing, and social control, Halushka demonstrates the urgent need to shift conversations about reentry away from an austerity-driven, compliance-based framework and toward a vision of social justice and inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 19, 2023).

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