tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8332614550763097522..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Transitioning from Prison to the CommunityGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11889527951657805352010-01-06T13:16:32.773-06:002010-01-06T13:16:32.773-06:00I am troubled by the word "Re entry" , a...I am troubled by the word "Re entry" , as it is being used by corrections professionals. Re entry is not relevant or necessary unless a person has been banished. If a local correctional facility is truly a community-based facility, there should be no need for "re-entry". In other words, if a person is part of the community, even if in jail, there is no need for "re-entry". Transition, yes...but not re-entry.The language of correction professional is full of similar trouble some phrases. For example, lit is common for government agencies to have what they call "intake" offices. This communicates an institutional bias that their function is to take people in, not screen them out. The phrase "Alternative to Incarceration" expresses a preference for incarceration which is abandoned only in the face of crowding or fiscal constraint. A more neutral phase might be "options to secure confinement", which would convey the notion that there are a range of appropriate, legitimate options. They are not simply "alternatives" to incarceration. Our language conveys our attitudes, our beliefs, our bias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27600685248026838362010-01-06T10:57:23.378-06:002010-01-06T10:57:23.378-06:00Transitions from Prison to Community.
Don't y...Transitions from Prison to Community.<br /><br />Don't you wish more folks would do the right thing while they are still in the community so they wouldn't have to transition? I guess that's too much to ask.<br /><br />Individual responsiblity vs collective action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84204747861722342552010-01-05T18:31:48.453-06:002010-01-05T18:31:48.453-06:00It's too late for me, but let's hope this ...It's too late for me, but let's hope this will be better than the Changes class inmates go through. Nearly everything I heard in the class I went through was either wrong, outdated or just plain b.s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com