QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
ACCURATE.
, reentry by the numbers - ANSWER-95% of people in prison will one day return home
-in 2018, over 600,000 people were released from U.S. prisons
-8% of the U.S. adult population has a felony conviction
-18% of all state prisoners (almost 1 in 5) are reincarcerated within one year of release
carceral citizenship - ANSWER-definition: an alternate experience of citizenship that
"begins at the moment of a criminal conviction and is distinguished from other forms of
citizenship by the restrictions, duties, and benefits uniquely accorded to carceral
citizens, or to people with criminal records," especially related to labor markets, housing
markets, social and public welfare services, family and civic life, and practices of
supervision and care across the public and private sphere
-also called the "afterlife" of incarceration - formerly incarcerated people move into a
society that limits their life chances by design
examples of carceral citizenship - ANSWER-no access to public housing
-11.4% of those released ended up in a homeless shelter
-no access to food stamps
-no access to welfare
-loss of right to serve on a jury
-loss of right to vote
-loss of eligibility for student loans and financial aid
-legitimate grounds for divorce, loss of parental rights
stigma definition - ANSWERan experience of an individual who is perceived to be
disqualified from full social acceptance through a negative quality, a mark of "spoiled"
identity, or an attribute that is deeply discrediting
stigma: goffman - ANSWER-types of stigma:
-abominations of the body
-blemishes of individual character
-tribal stigma of race, nation, and religion
stigma is a combination of - ANSWER-labeling
-stereotypes
-separation of "us" versus "them"
-loss of status
-discrimination
consequences of stigma - ANSWER-social rejection/isolation
-loss of social status
-shame
-prejudice
-decreased access to food/shelter