Adult correctional facilities
Sex Offenders in the Community: Post-Release, Registration, Notification and Residency Restrictions
Cell Phones in Prison
An Examination of Justice Reinvestment and Its Impact on Two States
Through Their Eyes: How Prisoners Make Sense of Their Incarceration
The penal consciousness framework offers a new way to understand the experiences of punishment.
Criminal Stigma, Race, Gender and Employment: An Expanded Assessment of the Consequences of Imprisonment for Employment
Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment
Dr. Decker gave a seminar in NIJ's Research for the Real World series about his research on the impact of race, gender and prison records on finding employment.
Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Decker for an interview to discuss his findings and their policy implications.
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Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?
Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?
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